Out of breath and feeling disencumbered, finally, Ecki could see the huddle of the elder penguins.##Ecki bashfully approached, as they cheered and congratulated Ecki.##Jeka waddled forwards, with no obvious reward in wing, or in bill.##Ecki told Jeka about their dream: receiving a pair of flying wings at the end of the expedition.#Ecki hoped that the dream may have been a prescient one.##"But Ecki, why ever would you need flying wings, when you can reach the highest of the mountain peaks without them?" Jeka chuckled affectionately.##And so Ecki felt serene; without flying wings, but with more than enough self-assurance to make up for it.