- According to Dr. Barlow's instructions, Dylan leads Alek to the machine rooms to check on the secret cargo.
- Dylan and Alek get into a tiff, but then they make up and Dylan explains a lot about the airship. Then they get into another tiff about which is better: machines or fabricated beasts.
- The two of them check the temperature of the eggs, grab the supplies Dylan left in the machine room earlier, and head to the sick bay.
- Dylan thanks Alek for saving him from frostbite—in a roundabout way, of course.
- On the way to sick bay, Dylan and Alek talk about how important Alek thinks he is, and Dylan reveals that his mother didn't want him to be a soldier.
- All this bickering and sharing of confidences means the two are well on their way to becoming friends.