It took a while, a long while in fact, for the tengu to see any connection with the bird-shaped insert at the center of the ship’s wheel and when the thought finally dawned on him he felt rather sheepish to himself.<strong>“How slow and stupid of me, as always”</strong>he crooned.<strong>“But I have to admit, Arano sure has style in these things, even after he is gone…”</strong>He drew out the bird carving he made, the one that always reminded him of his dream of flying someday, the very one that fell into Arano’s hands and was returned to him, now serving as a key to unlocking one of the secrets of the Yuuki.  Shan Zuk felt some elation at the thought as je held the wood carving before the insert making sure that the size and shape were evenly matched.  The tengu then finally, slowly but carefully inserted in and waited for its results…