I suspect that's part of what started our friendship. There's a very small window between time before I know I hadn't met him, to testing it out.

Strike class are fast and agile, but it also means all the pieces that help them fly can have a big impact if they're damaged. A missing tailfin means anytime he tries to fly, he's going to immediately veer off to one side.

No tailfin, no flying. No getting food from the ocean, no leaving the island, and I think he might have been stuck in a cove when I found him which is probably part of why he let me anywhere near him.