"Ah, how I wish that were true in Alchemy in my world," sighed Cagliostro. Instead there was her, her idiot apprentice who was uniquely bad at alchemy, some sob stories and then the sky's grungiest unshaven asshole who just needed a swift kick the crotch. "But I suppose if I lean out into other fields, there certainly are shares of interesting characters."

Just look at the rest of the Captain's crew. The place was littered with genius eccentrics.