Ford gives Bill a dark look at the just have to trust me bit.

Is Bill taking that entertainment angle again? About how they're not here to be redeemed, they're here to be as amusing as possible?

"You really think we're still under--" how should he put it, "--authorial control?" It sounds like Ford's not sure of that. It doesn't feel like anyone's controlling him. There's no way to prove any of this from where they are.