"Ive never heard of Yggdrasil.  Is that like a legend of a tree with branches that lead to different worlds?  Or with wood so strong it can withstand space?  I suppose either could be possible, but I never studied the Alfar, it was just one of the languages we had a translation for.  If we can restore function to our ship, there may be records."<br/><br/>When Shyeal returns the weapon, Mneta says "Thank you, but that's what I mean about our systems being harmed.  Now, it's a slow burn.  But when it's working properly it can blast clear through a person or 1/8 inch steel plate in a second.  All our systems are harmed like that, including the ones that let us go home".<br/><br/>"Thank you", Mneta says as she slips the dress over her outfit.  "Ordinarily we can make an outfit to try and match local clothes, but that system is broken too.  So this is all I had."  She grins and winks at Cheerwind after her comment.  "Why Cheerwind, if you like it, we can make you one when we get the ship working again. But what if people think we're twins."<br/><br/>You make it to Spindlethorpe in a few hours and the gnomes are friendly, explaining the dirigible will be there in another few hours.  However, gnomes LOVE technology and ask about Mneta's odd appearance until they pry out that she's from the ship.  BOOM!  Instant celebrities.  From that moment until the airship arrives, seemingly every gnome in town besieges you with any question about Mneta and the ship, and their technology that they can think of.  The airship goes from you three, to fully booked, as soon as the box office opens, so some of your admirers will be with you.  For two days.  At least they seem to know the layout of Cockaigne.  But they make you all miss the goblins. At least their bubbly attitudes seem compatible with fairy attitudes.<br/><br/>Since goblins, etc., can't fly there are no encounters and two days later you arrive in Cockaigne.  The gnomes explain that you want to go to the University, that's where they would know about whatever's happening.  The people of the city make you wonder why they gave Mneta that dress.  Corsets, bustles and cleavage abound, as do Top Hats, button up shirts and spats.  Barkers advertise for miracle cures, steam powered "massaging" devices that cure stress by "spasmic paroxysm" and "detoxifying" enemas.  A cablecar system connects to bring you to the university.