"I'd never considered the gender of the sea before. What a curious thing. How did the moon end up so far from... well, home, for lack of a better word, if it was a mermaid's creation?" That's probably a whole tale in itself, really, but they've got time for that sort of thing right now. There's not much to do in the downtime on a ship, other than find some way to occupy one's self.

"When you're surrounded by something in such a way... I can see how it would be your entire life. It's how I feel, the closer I am to the sky, in open air, in a high place... It's why I took so strongly to griffon riding." Maybe his ancestors ought to have gone straight to worshipping the sky and the air, alongside the dragons that flew through it. "But... hm... I'm glad you're not forgotten. That reassurance must mean a lot. I've often wondered whether or not any deities ever notice or care if we forsake them..."