Book One, Chapter Three: Stowaway

The guard who had dumped Luck's body into the sea, Janos, interrupts a play on the Maldoror to claim it's real and out to get them all, specifically him as he smacked them with his oar.

Ludo needs to bone up on her sailor swears after Rakkatak intrudes on her good times, Honeyfoot catches her at the 40 elephants, and a woman who had teased Ludo gives her a kiss. Ludo awakes back on the Gallant, Jamis continues to fret over her, and her invention arrives, a research diving bell to allow her to explore the world of sea sponges up close. Inside is a stowaway, Luck, in an eldritch form.

Lore and Major Plot Points
Through the form of a play, exposition about the backstory of the Maldoror is given