Talk:Bargain/@comment-70.191.124.134-20200616022541

it hit me as i was going back through this scene that the reason the surgeon doesn't reveal the events of the bargain to the inspector right away is probably the same reason martin tells paul to lock the lazzarette behind him, and the reason paul throws away the key.

the formosan chest is still in there in the present. theoretically, it's even still open.

even without the shells it's a potentially dangerous and/or cursed artifact. that "quicksilver" that fills up the top could be used as a horrible weapon. evans wouldn't be stupid enough to share the knowledge of its location with ANYONE who might potentially actually go get it. once the ship sinks, though, it no longer matters.

idk, the idea that the chest was there on the ship with you the entire time you were investigating kinda freaks me out. no wonder the mermaid sank it as soon as her part of the bargain was fulfilled.