It is, after all, Skyways Law to help another vessel in distress. No one responds when they try to raise it on the radio or when they bellow at it through a bullhorn, so they decide it is in distress and try to bring it on board their ship.
There is no record of a balloon on their flight plan, which means that it is either rogue or has drifted off course, and with no sign of a pilot, they assume the latter. He can also see that it is called The Endurance, and he remarks that it looks like it may have endured a bit too much (good joke, Mattie boy…). 
They aim a spotlight onto the balloon, and Matt can see that it is not in good shape-withered and puckered, and most likely leaking.Because of how the ship is constructed, the control car has a limited view of things overhead, which is why they always have a guy in the crow's nest.
Matt reports the balloon to the captain, who thanks him and tries to see where the balloon is. However, it also makes it weird when he's on shore leave in Lionsgate City with his mother and sisters and they just call him Matt. Cruse, which is much more respectful than just Cruse or boy like the other officers address him. Cruse." (Aha-we have a name for our heretofore-anonymous protagonist.) Captain Walken ( no, not this guy) tells him to "Go ahead, Mr. He uses the speaking tube (which can only be two tin cans attached by string, right?) to contact the Aurora's control car, which is one hundred and fifty feet away from him, suspended from the ship's belly. It's strange that there is a hot air balloon, let alone the fact that it doesn't have its running lights on-and although the burner goes off periodically, he can't see anyone at the controls or in the gondola at all. Then, he sees it: a hot air balloon, just hanging in the night sky. No Name smells the delicious odor of fresh-baked bread wafting up from the ship's kitchens, and starts daydreaming about yoinking a bun or two before he hits the hay. 
Oh, ok-boats are no concern for this ship… because this ship is sailing eight hundred feet above the ocean. For someone acting as the ship's eyes at night, he seems mighty concerned with watching the skies rather than scouring the water for other boats. His watch is almost over, and even though it's only September he is looking forward to getting out of the cold winds and snuggling down in his nice warm bunk. Instead of feeling lonely when staring up at the night sky, each constellation reminds him of the stories his father told him with heroes and villains all jostling for his attention. The adventure begins with our un-named protagonist heading back to Lionsgate City on a large ship, admiring the clear skies while acting as the ship's eyes up in the crow's nest.
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