Pfft, give me thirty seconds and I can come up with a way that it makes sense.<br/><br/>- Topo is an intelligent Kraken who is more like an ally than a pet. So, logically, he does shit in his free time when he's not serving the King of Atlantis. What, do you think he just waits around by the Shellephone waiting for Orin to call? Pfft! Topo is no clingy high school girlfriend, bitch! He's the Squid-Daddy, he has Octoho's to tenta-call!<br/>*ahem*<br/>Sorry. Got a bit carried away.<br/><br/>- The ship is actually an illegal Japanese whaling/fishing vessel that was hauled into port by the coastguard. This ship just so happened to harvest one of Topo's Whale Friends, and dragged a net through the Octopus school that Topo was leading a lecture at, so he followed the vessel for revenge.<br/><br/>Tada, motivation for the Kraken to take out the ship!<br/><br/>Or Orin just told Topo about the off-bay Sushi Restaurant that the ship was supplying. Either or. :P