Swamped

Well. It's not as if you have to leave him alone. You whisper some instructions to the lizard to find you if anyone else arrives in the room. Then you head off and follow the trail.

It seems to lead towards the edges of the ship. And you're starting to notice fresher trails. Seems this happened a while ago - well, it's still worth investigating. You'll just need to be careful.

Soon, the trail leads to a door. More interestingly, it leads to a marking on the wall.

It takes you a moment to catch it, but you soon realize it's a simplified drawing of the Marshguard hand signal for "Acknowledged". Corvus must have made it... which means you should be able to pick up his trail from here.

But you can probably pick it up at any point. Good to know this is here, but what you're looking for is the control device. And you think you wandered a bit further than you meant to - it's not likely to be here. You should still be able to get back and follow the reverse trail, which might be a better bet for finding the device...

Wait. You hear footsteps back the way you came. You're sure these ones are human, and they're getting closer.

What now?