Salt. [What the--okay, whatever, he shakes his head and focuses on the more important stuff.] ..."it" must've been that monster but the next question is how did it get on the ship in the first place? What is this boat? Where are we? This isn't normal and we thought it was because Polly summoned demons but this isn't the first time.

[He nods to the hint though.] And it worked. Do you think that means the last group was supposed to do the ritual on that day, too, and that's the real reason they failed?