Freefalling.[break][break]

It was a pastime long overdue, even if few save for himself even knew he had an old tendency to partake in it. Oddly enough, there was something oddly pleasant and calming about falling down through the air from higher altitudes. Some people did it for the adrenaline, and others would never dream of doing such a thing if it was in their control.[break][break]

He simply let the winds rush by him during his descent from the clouds, however.[break][break]

Falling faster, and faster, and faster— up until he opened his eyes once more and shifted within the air enough to face down towards the waters he neared. His eyes shifted towards the edge of his vision upon noting a figure blur by him some distance further below, arcing violently before flapping its wings up towards him to send a Tailwind against his fall.[break][break]

He smiled in idle appreciation and amusement as a second figure darted by to further slow his descent with a Tailwind of his own, and soon after, the Stone shifted within his descent a second time in order to face his back towards the seas beneath him once more, holding an arm out towards the side as the remaining reached up with an opened palm.[break][break]

Within moments, a claw grasped him with both carefulness and firmness, alike—a familiar sensation forged from prior occurrences—as he wrapped his own hand around the leg of which it belonged to. With a broadening smile, he glanced up towards the Staraptor above him as he so loyally held onto him, and once the man noted a particular Noivern soaring just beneath him, he tapped against the bird above him as a signal to be dropped upon the back of the newcomer.[break][break]

”...That’s the quickest and smoothest catch yet, Aquila~,” he mused, laughing as a cry of what he only assumed to be pride and approval met his ears. He glanced down towards the creature ferrying him, and then around him as a couple of other creatures began to flank them. ”And look at you bad boys, too~.”[break][break]

He reached out to give both the drake and the recently arrived Unfezant a soft pat as they soared along.[break][break]

”Those back to back Tailwinds— if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’ve been practicing your coordination~.”

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