Fire smiled and gave a much more relaxed sigh as the nuzzling calmed a few of his tense nerves.   It would be very hard to dispel the stress entirely though.  Here, in an unkown world and about to start off on a journey that would take him hundreds upon hundreds of kilometers, the gryph was feeling jsut a little overwhelmed.<br/>"Yes, I know how to use a compass.   Well, kinda.  I know it points north, so I can find a heading on it easily enough.   Never known what all the degrees and all are really for, though..."