Her intent had been to confront the ship captain and explain why leaving Wyndagar behind was out of the question, but Théadan’s outburst in response to her passing remark caused Navia to look back over her shoulder at him. Despite his injuries, Théadan’s stubborn side, oftentimes far more dormant than her own, was rightfully rearing up. Due to her own frustrations with the captain’s decisions, Navia’s first reaction was to snap at Théadan for not thinking she would take care of it. She even had the fire in her eyes to do just that, but then Théadan was so worriedly trying to reach his horse that she could not be angry. He was tired, he was hurting, and one of his only friends in the world was being threatened.<br/><br/>“He’s going to come,” Navia answered resolutely, abandoning the plan to square up with the captain for a minute so she could go to Théadan, “Either he comes with us or we don’t go at all, just please –“ Navia cringed when Théadan tried to reach for Wyndagar and nearly collapsed from the pain of it. His health was deteriorating rapidly and Navia needed to make sure he wouldn’t try to move any further while she sorted out their newest obstacle. With Brydon holding onto him and Théadan resisting the idea of going to lie down, Navia nodded and soothingly reached out to cup his cheek in her hand. “I know,<i>kamin</i>, I know,” she tried to smile at him but the truth was Théadan was scaring her with how weakened he suddenly was and the fact Brydon was about to no longer be with them, “We’re not going anywhere without him, just please calm down. Trust that I’ll take care of it.”<br/><br/>Glancing up at Brydon and getting a nod that he had Théadan, Navia spun back to face the ship’s captain. She had tried pleading and pleasantries before and it had not worked. Instead, she unleashed a barrage of Khluri upon the taller, larger man that told him of her disappointment and outrage that the man would dare to not allow a horse passage to Khlurios. What would Equos think after all? Did he want the god to curse them for not allowing one of his children on the ship? What would his men think of him not honoring a sacred animal? Was he willing to put his entire crew at risk for scorning their powerful god? It was the mention of the god’s mighty wrath raining down on them if he scorned a horse that caught the man’s attention and his dark eyes jumped from Navia to Wyndagar. She remained unwilling to yield while he considered his options, her own near-black eyes unwavering and her lips set in a firm line.<br/><br/>The captain finally sighed and threw up his hands, before pointing first at Théadan, then at her, “<i>Tau ubhau a pragaha, Sitvati.</i><i>Tvam avazyam bhavita.</i>” The words brought a prideful little smirk to Navia's lips, which made him shake his head wryly. Then he lumbered past her to cross over to Wyndagar. Hands up briefly to show Théadan he meant no harm, the captain brought the palm of his left hand to Wyndagar’s snout before he bowed low, his right hand pointing out behind him. Then he reached out to take the reins from Silva and carefully guided Wyndagar onto the ship himself.<br/><br/>“<i>Rocate, Navikap,</i>” Navia said to thank the captain before smiling over at Théadan and Brydon first, then Silva and Ingrid, “He’s agreed to take Wyndagar.”<br/><br/>Once Wyndagar was on the deck, his hooves clopping against the wood, the captain looked back to Navia while he guided Wyn over to a cleared out wooden square with large pulleys near each corner. It appeared to be a way to raise and lower cargo through the ship. The captain explained to her that Wyndagar would need to be brought down to the steerage deck and their cabin was on the cargo deck, but Navia quickly shook her head and asked even more of the captain. He insisted she call him by his name, then agreed and waved for Théadan to be placed on the cargo hold so he wouldn’t have to go on any stairs.<br/><br/>“The captain, who we can all call Risho, thinks it best if Théadan goes down with Wyndagar,” Navia announced while crossing back over to Théadan, wanting to be of help to him somehow, “And Risho wanted to give us a cabin above Wyndagar, but I asked for whatever was closest to him. So you’ll be close and you can go down with him since I doubt Wyn’ll enjoy being lowered like that.”