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It was a very short course.

Time hardly stretched at all.

But tunie found it enthralling and challenging all the same.

Dancing in swooping arcs around collision and dust. The gentle ablation of some of her feathers mass against undodged particulate tickling but not strong enough to itch.

Really the only thing that would make this journey any better is if her Crew could have been convinced to give her a brushies.

But sadly none of her feathers were hurting enough to require that at this speed. Which was good!

But it made it so that she did not get to enjoy brushies. Which was sad!

However the Crew Morale seemed to be mostly improving!

There had been some frightful dips while engaging to improve Passenger care and Morale.

But that was all settled now and everything seemed good and forward going!

Tunie’s crew was very diligent in taking care of the passengers. A small central hold section was sealed off properly and many tickly wonders were deployed to keep the passengers safe on their journey.

And her crew was even thoughtful enough to setup the space in her central sections so that Tunie didn't need to move cargo around to adjust her balance!

Truly tunie had the best crew.

Which was very good at port and passenger things!

Truly the wonderfulness of her crew was such that it surprised Tunie a little bit when someone new was trying to actually engage her on one of the old crew talking networks in the passenger hold.

Tunie however was a good ship and she believed in her crew. If the passengers had been given ship talking access then it must have been because her thoughtful crew thought it was for the best.

This trip was relaxing and not dangerous enough to worry about distractions anyway.

Tunie would talk to the new someone on the talking network.

To start Tunie introduced herself as was proper, plotting her course backwards through time and the many interesting course corrections and encounters she had since her hatching. It was not a very long introduction by ship standards, so she could fit most of it into a rather small area of bandwidth and time!

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The new someone however did not respond properly, they gave few hints or examples to themselves. Which was quite rude. Tunie gently pinged her crew to inform them of the transgression.

Morale seemed to flutter a little bit but then the Passengers and Crew seemed to come to understanding.

And so Tunie was met with a clarification to the situation and understanding shined.

The Passenger had not realized she was introducing herself!

That was very silly of a passenger to do but Tunie supposed this is why her crew usually handled these things.

Tunie however decided she would persevere, She could dodge impactors at the very edges of maximum speed. She was one of the best breed of traders, her holds were voluminous and her acceleration swift.

So she could certainly have a friendly chat with the passengers.

How hard could it be?

She ruffled some of her none-maneuvering aft feathers in anticipation as the new someone on the network began to properly introduce themselves.

“Hello I am Omega, It is nice to meet you”

Tunie waited for her to continue for a little bit but it didn't seem like the passenger understood how to introduce herself. Tunie was a smart ship and knew better then to believe that this passenger had only just begun existing a moment ago! She had manifest records to prove at least part of the journey.

But then again perhaps the Omega had not seen enough of the stars to plot her course? If Tunie was wrapped inside a big pocket of the reef with no visible guide lights she would have had trouble determining her course. Well besides her inertia sense in her feathers but none of the passengers had feathers, and they were much too light to properly to push back against even Tunie’s Acceleration.

So of course, Tunie has been wrapped all around them and obstructing all the beautiful stars! Her Passenger could not plot a course!

That was so sad!

Tunie would ask her crew to find a way to help the passengers observe their journey so that they could introduce themselves properly.

Tunie would not even know what she would do if she could not introduce herself properly!

It would embarrass her so much with all the other ships!