all the crew of the "just leaving" joined to get away from something
for example
shipswright "gunnar toranak" is related to but very different from – and opposed to – the other toranaks we've met
ship's cook "mace marjoram" is the second culinary-minded forged i've met and she has big mom energy ... and during the war she was badly injured and none of her unit knew how to help so they
left
her
behind
which is why she's sailed away from breland and never looks back
steward "shenaak of lhazaar" is avoiding her familly
bosun "kelpblossom gonghura" is ... quiet
captain "rucina lorëapalimë" has her reasons for never sailing anywhere near ærenal
then there's deckhand "cyre pandau" – named after the country by his parents but happened not to be there on the day of mourning and he's been on the water ever since
always in the crow's nest ... looking for something
how does one recover from being homesick for a home that no longer exists?
these are sad tales but spirits are high among crew and passengers alike
medya's been teaching folks tile games which keeps featherstep busy and not complaining
spark's joined in with some dice games ... though her favorite requires telling left from right and barleystep is no good at that (like about a quarter of all ponies)
meanwhile bell is working up a schema for flight-capable wings and i'm working on my paper about generalized partial harmonization
keeping busy!