Dimensional Traversing

Being native inhabitants of a pocket dimension, rukels have a homing instinct that allows them to navigate the malleable pathways between worlds.

Verbal Speech

The ability to communicate in spoken words.

Burke is rather a hard character to like for many. The little rukel has the mind of a ruthless businessman, seeking profit at any cost. All things are tools, even other beings, when he's in pursuit of a goal. Of course, since the Alveary is the project he's adopted as his own, the settlement itself isn't in too much danger of suffering from his machinations, but its inhabitants are another story entirely! If Burke doesn't think someone is an asset to the Alveary, he makes a fuss about them, which leads to all sorts of irritation from all parties involved.

Though not charmingly charismatic, he does have a rather slick way of talking and convincing others to go along with his notions, at least until they see through him and start to get annoyed. But then, if confronted, Burke turns tail and runs if he can't talk himself back to safety. If it weren't for the fact that he actually does do the Alveary some good now and again, he probably would've been run off a long time ago.