After Caden eats lunch, he looks at his empty plate. For a moment, he thinks he is in the Olympics and hurls the plate at a wall like a discus thrower. Hal tells him that the walls and windows are unbreakable.

After Caden gets out of the cannon intact, the other sailors treat Caden with respect. The Captain promises Caden adventures and riches if he will serve as his second eye. The Parrot promises that if Caden will spy for him instead, he will help him find a way off the ship. Caden does not know how to decide which of these two dangerous beasts to attack. Carlyle says that Caden knows whom to ask for help. 

Calliope cannot answer Caden’s question about the two beasts and does not know how they should proceed. The Captain tells Caden that the ship has stopped progressing. He blames Caden for the ship’s heaviness and slowness, now that it has changed from wood to copper.