Jae-ha!
Let’s see, I don’t have any headcanon at the moment, but here’s something that makes sense to me.
He missed the smell of the sea at first, after all those years. The consequence of being raised in a confined closed space that smelled old and moldy made him more aware of the scents in the air, especially when he soars. And the lack of salt and fish around him was disconcerting for a while.
Whenever they’re close to the coast, nostalgia kicks in; he misses the captain and the guys, and hopes they’re well.
What he doesn’t know yet is that the scent of the forest is now what family smells like, to him.







