That didn't go the way Jigano had expected it to.
Perhaps because he'd seen Remi pacing on four paws he assumed that the manticore wanted to practice his ground-based hunting skills. Perhaps because the manticore had already outflown him above the Greatwood he'd thought they wouldn't be doing a reprise of that particular flight. Alas, the old adage about assuming held true again this day, and the raven was taken completely by surprise as Remi launched not across the ground, but above it, his broad and powerful wings easily gaining height above the raven's smaller span. Once the manticore was above him, there was nowhere else for Jigano to go, and his only warning that he had so completely misunderstood the point of the exercise was a shadow that dimmed even the snowlight.
Reflex took over and Jigano folded his wings as well, dropping with a slight twist so that he wasn't going straight down but instead a little off to the side, the ground racing up to greet him - but he could stop a lot shorter than Remi could, the manticore's bigger mass giving him a formidable charge, but also being a lot harder to brake. Feathers brushing the snow and creating a cloud of white around him, the raven just barely pulled up from landing in a snow bank, and changed his path to zig and zag his way back to the training pells, hopefully using them as an obstacle to slow the manticore's descent a second time.
Perhaps because he'd seen Remi pacing on four paws he assumed that the manticore wanted to practice his ground-based hunting skills. Perhaps because the manticore had already outflown him above the Greatwood he'd thought they wouldn't be doing a reprise of that particular flight. Alas, the old adage about assuming held true again this day, and the raven was taken completely by surprise as Remi launched not across the ground, but above it, his broad and powerful wings easily gaining height above the raven's smaller span. Once the manticore was above him, there was nowhere else for Jigano to go, and his only warning that he had so completely misunderstood the point of the exercise was a shadow that dimmed even the snowlight.
Reflex took over and Jigano folded his wings as well, dropping with a slight twist so that he wasn't going straight down but instead a little off to the side, the ground racing up to greet him - but he could stop a lot shorter than Remi could, the manticore's bigger mass giving him a formidable charge, but also being a lot harder to brake. Feathers brushing the snow and creating a cloud of white around him, the raven just barely pulled up from landing in a snow bank, and changed his path to zig and zag his way back to the training pells, hopefully using them as an obstacle to slow the manticore's descent a second time.
