As long as you are travelling with Venko, you should try to get along with the moody Zhélruka.
'We should not spend too long here in idleness. I understand few folk live alongside the river this far north, but those who do will be in greater danger from such a raiding-party as the one we seek.'
You ask Venko if he needs any help unpacking his belongings.
'No, ${PLAYER}, thank you. We Zhélruka learned long ago the value of unencumbered travel, and carry very little on our mountain journeys.'
Venko has unpacked a number of weapons from his belongings, and they have attracted your curiosity.
Venko has asked you to look at the Reikfoss of Greylin to the north, in memory of his fallen brothers.
Venko has fallen silent. Perhaps you should drink in silence and leave him be for a time.