longbow had been a bit dubious when zelana had assured him that the ship of the maag called hook-beak would come across the face of mother sea to the land of dhrall , and even more skeptical when she 'd told him that the maags would do anything for gold , but when the long , narrow ship of hook-beak arrived at the village of old-bear almost exactly when she 'd told him that it would , longbow 's skepticism began to fade .