"Could be," Ford says. "I don't know, Rose. There are too many things about the Barge that don't add up. Too many unanswered questions. There was a time I would have done anything to make it a better place, but when I actually tried to do it, most of the ship didn't seem to think it was worth trying. So, I stopped.

"I'm working on smaller projects now. Safe things, like quantum-entangling pets with their owners, and studying why people on the Barge disappear so that maybe I can find a way to prevent it. But I still believe we're being used for something, and I think it's for someone else's fun."