He smiles a little at that last and shakes his head very slightly. "I do not fear him." Hate him, yes. But he's not afraid.

"I don't know what he plans to do. There is no one against whom to mutiny, after all." Dryly, with a possibly surprising touch of gallows humour. "But what I can guess is that he will do whatever it takes to survive, draw any allies he can to his side. And ... and he may think that he can ally himself to whatever it is that brought us here. In truth, that concerns me more than anything else he may do."