Talk:The End, part 1/@comment-142.244.5.132-20200613044537/@comment-70.191.124.134-20200616020907

I have a couple of theories. One is that the crew knows Martin Perrott and Filip Dahl are dead - the Inspector can't crane their neck to see into the lazzarette but that doesn't mean the crew can't - and assumes the Captain made some kind of devil's deal and sacrificed them in order to get the kraken to go away. Klestil alludes to this thought as he dies, and it's entirely possible others would come to the same conclusion. John Davies's skepticism when he says the Captain "said he chased them off" comes through in his dialogue, I think.

Another theory is that Paul Moss mentioned to someone that there was a third shell in the lazzarette, or the crew saw the mermaid holding it when it was brought abovedecks. The Captain told them he'd tossed them all overboard, so this might make them think he was lying and was keeping the shells of the two mermaids he killed for himself.

It's also possible that the stress, horror, violence, lack of sleep, and general despair just kind of drove them all a little nuts, and logic ceased to apply. That would also explain Peter panicking when he's been shown to be pretty damn nervy up to this point, Volkov deciding it would be a good idea to go after a boat full of people with guns wielding a sword, and Brennan striking an officer reflexively instead of waiting to figure out what had happened. They just spent all night fighting off a kraken and all morning dumping the bodies of their crewmates; most people would have trouble thinking straight at that point.