And you know what, he almost does it. Ford doesn't want him there, that's what almost stops Stan. Just the surprise of it, after asking Stan to go around the world with him, after rebuilding the Stan O' War II together and everything it stood for, the fact that Ford genuinely doesn't want him around right now almost surprises Stan enough to stop him.

But with Stan, surprise don't stick around too long. It usually moves out pretty quick to make room for something else.

"Oh come on," he says, not thinking about the blue hand-shaped rope of force he stretches out in front of him toward the handle under Ford's hand, wanting to flick the lock closed. "You're gonna' feed me a story like that? Look, I did everything right with that kraken thing, better than right, so you can't be that ticked off with me."