Gwyntaan gave a soft hiss as the disinfectant went on, but he did his best not to flinch.  Back when they'd had a full crew, he'd seen other crew members react a<em>lot</em>worse, particularly the gruff engineer - who had quite a colorful vocabulary, to put it mildly.  The hiss shifted into a soft sigh as the stinging eased, and he started thinking about those they'd left behind.<br/><br/>Did he regret following Captain?  Not in the slightest.  He didn't understand the pressures that had led the human to this course, and he did miss the others - particularly the twins, who always seemed to know<em>exactly</em>where it itched - but his closest 'family' was Tesla.  Ever since he had become part of the airship's complement, he had recognized Captain as the one in charge, even as the others had drifted away.<br/><br/>The dragon curled up on the flight deck, reassured by the familiar sounds of take-off preparations.  It took longer than it had with all hands, but cunning alterations had made it possible for one man to run the whole operation.  The solid deck was also comforting, especially with the knowledge that they were heading back through that 'portal'.  It had<em>not</em>been fun trying to fly through that on his own.