Sorry to Lucius for getting stuffed in that trunk, but we really were so blessed to get Frenchie's brief turn as Stede's scribe. Those two characters are just the perfect storm for that delightful scene to happen. Because someone like Pete or Roach or Wee John would've simply said, "I can't fucking write," and walked away, but I can totally buy Frenchie couching it as, "I'm not the strongest writer," thinking that would brush off Stede. But of course, Stede would be completely undeterred by that, and he'd say something like, "That'll be fine, just do your best!" And only Frenchie would hear that and think, "Ah yes, I know a good workaround for this...."