"Sorcery, right. Never heard of it."

"Like, mess with the wind or – better idea of the local area, I'm not sure what's the most difficult part here because I've never been in a flying building before."

"Making the wind carry us forward and down more easily will be of great assistance."

He looks around to get an idea of the wind, then holds his ankh symbol more tightly – and reduces the upcurrent and any force pushing them backwards.

It'll only be a small effect right now, but can (gradually) increase assuming it doesn't have horrifying effects.

"...Structure okay, control authority okay. Increasing engine power. Your thing seems to be working."

"We – I don't know if you'll call them the same thing, I've never seen islands like this, but – we encountered a Los, it's a gold creature, sort of like a Fleck, usually hides out of sight, rumored to be very dangerous – and then landed on that island."

"I've never heard of those critters. You'll probably have to describe them."

He's relaxing quite a bit now. The emotional state of the captain is a good indication of the ship's safety.

"Flecks – well, mostly that. They hide in plain sight, you can only really see them out the corner of your eye, they sort of… sit flat against a surface, making it look raised, or blurry?"

"Not ringing a bell. Something to do with this 'sorcery' maybe. I'm inclined to think it's probably actually lost technology but call it whatever you want."

"… I'm reasonably confident it has nothing to do with technology? Lightbulbs are a relatively new invention, to my knowledge."

"We're coming at this from two completely different directions here."

"How do you mean?"

"To me anything humans do to the world is technology. Sorcery is storybook nonsense. Lost technology is technology we can't replace - lost knowledge, lack of material or facilities - but sometimes find in working condition. Brace for weight shift, venting lift gas..."

Akien moves towards the edge of the room, steadies himself against a wall.

Ev can cope.

The ship shifts fairly violently, and there's a sensation of falling for a moment. "What, you two aren't used to shifting?"

"We are not used to large moving buildings, we are used to towns with large walls on solid ground and monsters of varying degree around mainly at night."

"Well. You're quite lost, sorry to say. And this type of flying building - one that can direct itself reasonably well - is called an airship."

"I am like ninety five percent certain I've never heard that word before."

"We have lost knowledge but it's mostly about sorcery practices."

"Hmm. Never heard of flecks, or anything particularly like them either."

"… Shadows? Pixies, Angles, Los, Panicks?"

"None. Bladesquid, rays, jellywings, spinies, fireflowers?"

"Fireflowers – we have those? If you mean brilliant orange roses that are slightly hot to the touch."

"Er, no. To me fireflowers are medium size red creatures that vaguely resemble flowers when seen from above, and like to explode."