Shan Zuk’s brow rose but did not mind the mispronunciation of his name by Taluya and did not find any offense in it. For his kind who are often mistrusted, and with good reason, they could not afford such vanities.  He has heard of halflings’ gregarious nature but to border to the obnoxious and seeing that in both Bonnie and Taluya somewhat cemented the newfound belief of the tengu toward the ‘little people’.   Upon seeing Sheeldric a pang of jealously overshadowed the tengu.  Now here is a true avian, he thought, with wings that could allow it to truly fly.  What’s more, it is big enough for the halfling woman to use as a flying mount, something even Shan Zuk could easily deduce.  A true flyer and one bound to ground - a good synergy if one were to ask him, something he could never have, the flying part at least, but he soon realized something similar could be said about him and the<em>Yuuki</em>– a being cursed to be grounded, in control of an object with means of flight.  Yes, the tengu’s mood brightened, and he looks forward in manning the<em>Yuuki’s</em>helm very soon.<br/><br/>When they arrived at their destination, the group finally boarded by the<em>Yuuki</em>.  Lead by the queer, gnome quartermaster, Wevetasun, he told to group to familiarize with the airship and seem to imply of secrets, left by Arano, that would unlock the mysteries of the<em>Yuuki</em>, to make it fly again, and that the five of them are the keys that would make that possible.  Shan himself headed for the poop deck where the ship's wheel is situated.  If there were some unlocking of secrets to be done by him, it would be by helmsman’s place.  Once there he started examining the important looking fixture, slowly going around it, looking for anything out of the ordinary. When seeing none, he finally stands before the wheel and firmly takes grasp of it handles.<strong>“Oh, Arano, am I doing this right? You after all chose me to be your beloved ship’s helmsman.  Show me the way so that I may bring the <em>Yuuki</em> to new horizons once again.”</strong><br/>