Understand your question ,... but if you read closely she never stated that she was AT the Captains corner. She only stated that she was onboard , and that the Captain said this . (Maybe she heard him say this , or maybe someone told her he said this, not sure...because she doesn't say ) Not interested in argueing , just saying that this actually proves the point of how rumours and conjecture get twisted as everyone has a story , and the more times that story is told , the more the facts get skewed .
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