Pretend this is real for a while

R E M I Gliding easily through the frosty air, Remi was understandably distracted. The Woodlands did not hold the fondest memories for him. Out of the corner of his sharp eyes he constantly thought he saw lantern-light below glistening warmly on the snow. The shadows from the trees stretched long but even that didn't stop Remi's mind from thinking he saw the pale face of his mother somewhere below. Vai's whistle snapped his mind back to attention, and a quick glance towards her indicated the direction she was looking. Gliding smoothly and soundlessly the hawk circled lower, his eyes snapping back and forth to try and detect movement. A blur of brown caught his attention and swiftly the hawk dove. He wouldn't try to take on the deer by himself again as he had once absurdly tried to do, but perhaps he could flush it back towards Vai. With a loud screech Remi dropped into the trees, wings fanning wide. But instead of seeing the deer, all the alchemist saw was the glow of a lantern nestled in the snow. Forgetting that he'd been flying, Remi fell stupidly towards the snow landing in a bit of a heap. Opening his beak to pant slightly, Remi closed his eyes to try and corral his beating heart back into some semblance of a normal rhythm. If there had been a deer here, he'd surely scared it away by now.