Navigation room.
"You're late, the upper echelons of the Alliance are now utterly corrupt, and Pawel is just a leg between Doringger and those guys, but a big leg at that. Quite a few people on the island have taken Pawel's money and stand with him. It's not that I don't want to help you... I respect you greatly, but this isn't just about Pawel; the brothers in Dead Man Bay have no food to eat; to put it bluntly, at that point, faith means nothing, money is more important."
A merfolk captain warned Ox to be cautious, as Pawel's death wouldn't mean much, but once that chain of interest was broken, who would handle the problem of feeding people?
You, Ox, such an incredible figure, naturally disdain dealing in hallucinogenic substances, which would ruin your reputation as a tough guy.
"You really have the nerve to say that, I bet you took his money too, if he's dead, he's dead! Are you gonna stay here forever playing the pirate? Not going back to Mirror Sea?"