::He's going to eventually be doomed, then. He wouldn't know how to stay out of trouble if his life -or afterlife, as the case may be- depended on it.

At that suggestion, he nods decisively. Like he actually knows more than a pittance about ships or something.:: Right! And it might be best to work from the lower rear then across and up. I know if I were gonna hide something, it'd probably be where most people don't wanna bother looking.

::Which means yes, if there's a bilge, HE WILL SEARCH IT, BY JOVE.

And then he will beg her to magic the nasty bilgewater out of his clothes because ew.::