Emily gave Cath a smile. "That's a good point. The distinction between passengers and staff needs to go away. I think everyone in the room will agree with that. Of course, there might be some people on the ship that still make that distinction, so getting them past that will be one of our tasks. Identifying people who can be of help will be another. I think Ronnie will be one of them, and if we think he'll be more comfortable being contacted by someone he knows and trusts, I don't think there is anything wrong with that."
"I also think we ought to make a similar effort to bring down the distinction between the crew and the rest of us. Assuming, of course, that there still is a crew, and we can make contact with them. I'm sure some of the crew could be very valuable to our efforts. They're people too, and we're all in this together, as Cath points out."