Valspan would be as engrossed in his work as he could be. He could copy the simple techniques he was shown and layer plants together and tie them down with the rope, only stopping when Thava would drape herself over him and he would pause his work to tell her stories of his travels. Anyone else listening would get a shiver as his stories often ended in the slow agonizing death of would be attackers on his person. Something like, 'oh a farmer...and then I had to eat him, but his family was too quick to escape', or 'a whole dozen bandits leapt from the trees onto me once...and not a single one got away! I was very full for some time, practically an entire season actually!'<br/><br/>Then they would come to actually boarding the pontoon boats they'd crafted and the entire thing shifted as Valspan slowly made his way onto the groaning planks. Based on the way the large craft shifted, the freeman seemed to be made of iron! He was nearly as heavy as the whole crew put together, with the exception of maybe Spectra and Thava. They had the benefit of being able to vary their size and weight, but Valspan wasn't totally out of luck. His roots spread out and intertwined tightly with the planks here and there, distributing his weight much more evenly than any bipedal creature could. He took up a dozen oars with his long vines, prepared to row, actually quite eager to. He'd never been on a boat before! This was going to be fun! HE could propel the entire craft nearly single-handedly, but while it was a brisk pace, it wasn't exactly 'fast' because the plant man just wasn't that quick. His strokes were strong and constant, but an energetic crew could speed the journey quite a bit. It would be up to Sin if the pace Valspan could set was good enough or if she wanted double time on the oars.<br/><br/>(Ahah, as heavy as he is, Valpsan floats in seawater. He doesn't in freshwater, but he's just barely buoyant in water. He also breaths by photosynthesis, which for his strange biology, still works underwater, so...I dunno. He's an all terrain tree. He kinda sucks at swimming though. If he let them, it would be very easy to drag him underwater, but he'd still be ridiculously strong, so he'd probably just eat half of them if they didn't explain anything)