"If I could fly I would never come back", you said
It was bliss. The warmth from the pyre gave lift to the air beneath her wings and sent Maea shooting up much faster than she had expected. The sonorous caws rolling from her open beak sounded a lot like laughter, interspersed with 'ooh'ing sounds when she saw Edmund's play at being a firebird.
Mimicking him for a while, it was only the fatigue spreading through her muscles that eventually brought an end to the game. Circling down towards the ground, Maea shifted back to her usual self and rubbed at sore spots beneath her collarbones.
"No one told me that new shifts came with muscle ache," she lamented, offering her companion a rueful smile. "How long did it take you to get used to this?"
Mimicking him for a while, it was only the fatigue spreading through her muscles that eventually brought an end to the game. Circling down towards the ground, Maea shifted back to her usual self and rubbed at sore spots beneath her collarbones.
"No one told me that new shifts came with muscle ache," she lamented, offering her companion a rueful smile. "How long did it take you to get used to this?"
Maea
