[He might have to work a bit harder to filter away the noise of tiny buzzing wings and rotors, but it's not impossible.]

That, ah... doesn't surprise me. I admit I'm not well-used to the sort of construction I was using, even less something that small.

[And they'd been small already for him, but even if they were even tinier for the Firstforged, they did have more recourse to handle that.

Even as he speaks, he resets systems to descend downwards, feet first, using hovers and his thrusters both to follow the little bugs downwards, careful to fly down between the columns of light.]