Fundamentals of Flight

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Kara Lai watched as her dad, with some remnants of flour dusting his hair, wandered into the city. She continued to wave to him long after he disappeared from her sight.

Turning, she began to trot along her own path. Today she had been granted yet another rare privilage (these were coming more and more frequently) to go un-supervised. In other words: a perfect day for exploration!

Scanning the skies, she flexed her wings, wondering if she ought to do some practice while she was here.

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Tallinor is out for a fight, singing happily as she stretches her mottled brown and cream wings. Seeing someone down below, the cheerful Wind decides to land. "Hello," she greets Kara Lai as she lands. "Not often you see another winged Wind around these parts. "Going for a fly, little one?"

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Kara Lai gaped.

Wide mouthed and wide eyed, she gaped. Never had she imagined wings in two different colors. Two! Two different! She blinked and shook her head, ashamed at being so rude as to stare.

"A-ah," she started. Then, clearing her throat, she tried again. "A...fl-flight? Well...I'd love to...but...I can't seem...to do so without crashing." She blushed and lowered her eyes, sheepishly.

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Talli smiles and touches Kara Lai lightly on the shoulder. "Ah, that's nothing to be ashamed of, little one. Everyone has accidents when they're first learning to fly." Pausing, Talli looks thoughtful then asks, "Would you like me to give you a few lessons?"

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"Would I?!"

The girls face lit up like the dawn, her body trembling in excitement. Clasping her hands up by her chin, she sighed, "Oh! I would love that!" Her eyes wide, she then paused and lowered her gaze.

"That is, of course, if it wouldn't be too much trouble..."

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Talli laughed. "It won't be any trouble at all, little one," she replied. "But first, dear, might you tell me your name? I'm Talli."

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She smiled and did a little dance. "Oh! My name is Kara Lai! I am very pleased to meet with you, Miss Talli," she said, her face glowing with anticipation.

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"Well, let's get started," Talli says with a smile. Taking Kara's hand, Talli wind walks the pair of them into the air. "all right sweetie, show me how you take off. Don't worry about crashing, I'll catch you on an air current, all right?"

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"Ah...okay," she said nervously and spread her wings. Awkwardly, she bent at her knees and launched into the air. She flapped her wings hard and for a few seconds remained flying steadily. However, her wings faltered, and fear took hold as she began to fall.

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But the expected hard landing never came. Talli caught Kara easily and smiles as she lowers the girl gently to the ground. "Hmm, I think I see your problem, little one," she tells Kara. "It's very hard on your wings, trying to get into the air like you do, isn't it? Makes the muscles ache and almost burn?"

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She nodded silently and was very grateful to the older woman in front of her. She twisted a little bit and flexed her wings, looking out the corner of her eyes at them. "Yes," she murmured soon afterwards.

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"Well try it like this," Talli begins, then begins to carefully take Kara through ways of using her wind abilities to get into the air and then using her wings to glide on the air currents. "There! You're doing great!" she tells Kara after a couple of hours of lessons. "Think you're ready to try it on your own?"

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"Ah..." she twisted back and forth with nervous energy, her stomach felt like it was full of butterflies, or some simalar bug. "Y-yeah, I am..." she smiled at Talli and, pressing a hand to her sign, she brought a flow of air to her.

Lifting into the air with just a small push of her legs, she again touched her sign to alter the flows. Spreading her wings wide, she then glided forward and up, elated.

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Talli claps and cheers before raising into the air with practiced ease. "You've got it!" she congratulates her 'student'. "Very well done!"

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"Oh thank you thank you!" Kara Lai cried out, elated. She opened her mouth to say more and then noticed the suns position on the horizon. "Oh! Oh no! I'm going to be late--" she lowered herself to the ground. Looking back up she waved to her teacher. "Thank you so very much!" she called out again and ran back into the city. She hoped that one day she could give a better thanks to the lady named Talli.

Several minutes later she arrived at the gate that she was to be meeting her dad at. Sure enough, he was there and looking extremely worried. "Kara Lai!" he exclaimed upon seeing her. "You're late! You had me so worried," he gently cuffed her head.

"I'm sorry Dad," she said, taking quick breathes. "A very nice lady was teaching me to fly."

Ethan blinked and then cupped her cheek. "Did you thank her properly?" he asked as he lead them from the city.

"Yes, Dad..."