"Well, of course," the captain added. "The deities they worshipped, that they were making sacrifices to...those don't exist. Just whispers of the madness curse. And sustained presence with other lifeforms of this plane spreads it. Lucky thing I called off those sharks, or they would have become carriers like you all, eh?"<br/><br/>The captain looked out to the horizon.<br/><br/>"That said...since you humans are now carrying the curse, I'm afraid I can't let you go to civilization. The higher-ups've spoken - if you go back to land, you'll spread that curse to the other land walkers like a virus. As for what we should do with you ourselves...well, the jury's still out on that one, y'know?"<br/><br/>Some of the crew gave a light raunchy chuckle at that statement.