Thank you for spelling this all out for me. We have never gone on a cruise. I got my passport about 4 or 5 years ago and my wife who was born in the states has yet to have gotten hers. We might be dead before that happens. Anyway, the older I get the less I like being around humans. Humans make so much noise and are so fussy about the stupidest of things. I probably would be locked up in the brig (or whatever they call jail on a ship). That or they would fly me off the floating city in a straight jacket as you referred to in your story. Then there are those pesky rogue waves you see on movies. Yeah, I know those rarely happen. The only problem is that it is not impossible for it to happen. What if you are the unlucky soul on the floating city when it DOES happen. OH SHIT....