[Zhaneel bobs her head quickly in response, glancing at her skyborn partner.]

No... Yes, he iss a companion and it iss good he is here. I do not think I would have adjusted as well as I did without him here with me... that he arrived before me and could explain thingsss... [She fluffs her facial feathers and flattens them again.] He isss of my Wing... my battalion. [The word is an unfamiliar one, but it is one she learned that is both comparative and understandable to others.

She studies her companion again, riding the currents with an ease of a creature born to ride them.]

What is your name, sky sister?