They barely feel like memories anymore, just the same story being reread. He lifts his gaze to meet Raju’s eyes; it’s impossible to keep the pain out of his own. He can only mask so well.

“It didn’t help. The creature was vindictive in its nature. It hunted us, tore us to shreds, robbed us of our souls.” And not in a metaphorical sense. “But we were always the biggest danger to each other.”

Their hubris, the need to fulfill Barrow’s grand promise to England, those ships, their supplies, the men - all of it stacked up against them.

“The parallels are too numerous to name.”