[centre][h2][colour=ff4d27]Yalu 'Suumko[/colour][/h2][/centre] Yalu was happy to find that no one needed an ice pack at the drop ship. On the ride up to the blockade runner, he went around starting conversation with the team mates he had not seen for some time. Few enough were receptive. [hr] The hangar they emerged from on the Magnificent Defiance somehow did not feel like home for Yalu. The first thing that struck him when he paced down the loading ramp was the human technology fitting so inelegantly with the surroundings. The new engineer forced his attention when his disrespect reached his ears. Yalu watched on, momentarily distracted by the infiltrator admonishing Petty Officer Flint from a distance. [colour=ff4d27]"What manner of human dialect...?"[/colour] he muttered, hardly understanding a word of it. Regardless, Tar had Flint by the collar now. Commander Vael left the situation, leaving the peacekeeping to anyone stepping up. Yalu cleared his throat. [colour=ff4d27]"'Mdalak. Let us not alienate the humans before we regain your keep. You know many of them are ignorant of our ways."[/colour]