With The Crown Prince taking over the cockpit for this leg of the sea journey, Irvin Holden became a mere decoration. They traveled by sea for four days. At one point, they stopped the boat to do some sea fishing and caught a giant octopus. Flora Bloom's biggest regret was not bringing Ethan Monroe along. Without Ethan Monroe, she could only toss the octopus into her spatial dimension. She'd have Ethan Monroe cook it for her when they got back.
Flora Bloom didn't hide any of this from Annelise Locke. In the apocalypse, Serpent Women like Annelise Locke were extremely rare. The reason was that their early evolution consumed an extraordinary amount of resources.
First, they needed to absorb the venom of various poisonous snakes. At the same time, they needed the energy from Crystal Cores to cleanse their bodies of the venom's side effects.
