Holy roller, Part 3

"I hired you because I needed a crew and you needed work," Maury says, sighing. "You may take liberties with the holy word of God Almighty when I am absent your presence, but until such time as we are parted, you will abide by this singular rule or I will put you off the ship - be it planetside or into the cold vacuum of space." He twirls the Embryonix mug on his finger and then steps toward the hatchway, mumbling: "For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." He ducks out into the access corridor, footsteps fading as he moves deeper down the hall.