The obvious one

Even at the end, the Captain found time to gather some loose wood and make a fire. The heat of the flames at night reminded him of the desert by day. Not that he would let us know that's what he was thinking! Oh, no, he just fixed us with the Gorged Eye and said...

".... I have given all and took nothing, Earthlings. But a worm turns in me. It turns and twists and learns to fill the spaces between skin and blood. A worm turns within me...."

Of all the likely outcomes...

... not even the Number Men saw this one coming. Where did that field of twisted waves come out of?

We ask the Captain for his thoughts. He says, "Understand me now! Walk my road or don't walk at all!"