Ellen was, of course, more than happy to give up her blanket to someone who needed it.  Politely wishing Rath a good night, she was soon left alone with her own thoughts for the night.  It was another long, uneventful night, though it was thankfully made a little shorter by the fact that she had some interesting new thoughts to pass the time with.  There was her revelation to Rathael, the whole conversation they had, and that interesting sight she'd seen off in the distance...  That last one had the most attention from her, since there were definite elements of curiosity wrapped up in it all.  What was it that she'd seen, that night?  It had appeared to be some sort of flapping wing, or something of that nature, but what manner of creature would fly around like that in air this cold?  It was a mystery...<br/><br/>...But one that was soon solved as night passed into day and the ship began moving again.  A nest of griffons was quickly spotted off in the distance, one that was apparently domesticated, given the riders that she was able to see on them through the spyglass...  Looking around, and double-checking with her own, unaugmented eyesight, Ellen did her best to determine the general scale of what she was seeing, to see if the riders were merely human-sized, or perhaps some variety of giant.<br/><br/>"I think I might have seen one of them last night, actually."  She admitted to the captain, while also checking to see what the griffon riders were doing.  "I can't be sure, though, since I only got a glimpse and it was way off in the distance.  Do you think maybe a scout spotted us, and then let the rest know that we were here?"<br/><br/>Of course, that wouldn't necessarily mean that they would be hostile.  Perhaps these people could be negotiated with, maybe even traded with, or hired as guides to some site that would be good for one of the Games......