[He should, of course, be dead already. But that's something James has been steadfastly refusing to think about whenever he can avoid it, and this is no exception, even as his improved but still failing health provides an unpleasant reminder.
He wants to know all sorts of things, and not least amongst them is how Hickey could've been here a year when it had been only weeks--months?--since the mutiny at Terror Camp. However he certainly doesn't intend to trust whatever Hickey might tell him, and he's also none too enthusiastic about the idea of asking at all, but there was a point to starting this line of conversation if he can recall it.
Oh, right.]
What do you consider most important to know?
[It's a question that is far less about the answer itself, and more about how Hickey responds to it.]
there's a 'none of these words are in the bible' joke to be made here
He wants to know all sorts of things, and not least amongst them is how Hickey could've been here a year when it had been only weeks--months?--since the mutiny at Terror Camp. However he certainly doesn't intend to trust whatever Hickey might tell him, and he's also none too enthusiastic about the idea of asking at all, but there was a point to starting this line of conversation if he can recall it.
Oh, right.]
What do you consider most important to know?
[It's a question that is far less about the answer itself, and more about how Hickey responds to it.]