You know what'd be Hilarious? [Pyke Discussion]
What if no one cut Pyke's lifeline.
What if one of the Jaulls (spelling?) did it. They have "sword-like" teeth, after all, and there were a -LOT- of them. All trying to get at the ship. It only takes one to bite the lifeline to sever Pyke from his ship.
Would that be hecked up or what? Be a good story arch though. Now Pyke has to live with the fact he killed innocents... Or is he too damaged by the unknown abyss of the sea to care?