The three weeks had not been easy ones for Eira: the vertigo she suffered from the unexpected teleport was replaced by relentless seasickness, and combined with pain and headaches from sunlight creeping through the vessel's planking left her legless, mostly bedridden. It wasn't until Winnie placed the light-repelling enchantment on her quarters that she began to recover, and then only slowly: she kept to herself and Horgar, unsure of what to say to the ship's crew, but gradually as her strength returned she'd creep up on deck at night to share fleeting smiles and conversation with the friendlier sailors, enough to learn who was who aboard ship and try to find her sea-legs. The latter effort generally resulted in the ivory-skinned girl turned faintly green, and heaving up her meals over the gunwhals.<br/><br/>Her transformation back into a confident warrior paced that of the vessel into an airship: once the unsteady rocking of the ocean had been left far, far below, her fitness and her moods improved dramatically, and though she'd still shelter below during the daytime she'd spend more and more time up on deck at night, marveling at the sky. And so<i>this</i>night, with Winne speaking to Darion near the bow, Eira decided to deliver some long-overdue gratitude. In casual clothes, albeit with her sword at her hip and her dirk in her boot, she stepped up behind the two, close enough to be heard when she cleared her throat quietly.<span style="color: magenta">"I beg pardon,"</span>she murmured, and gave Darion a quick acknowledgement.<span style="color: magenta">"Captain."</span><br/><br/>But her words were for the Aviari woman.<span style="color: magenta">"Miss Wineton, I... wanted to thank you, for trying to make things more comfortable for me, these last few weeks. I know you didn't expect me to turn up along with Horgar, and I'm sure you've had a million other things to worry after. I've trained a little before a forge, though I'm no artisan like the old man -- mostly I'm good at swordplay, at killing, and I don't think you need any of that right now. But if I can be of any help at all here, I'd like to try to repay your kindness."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>