WHEN I LEARN TO FLY | Flight?

[RHINESTONE.]

Ultimately, Rhinestone had known that Onyxpaw would eventually try to fly. After all, the other had been born with wings, and it was natural that she would eventually want to use them. The legate could understand that even more now, considering she had her own dragon form. While that form didn't have traditional wings, she was still able to fly by manipulating the wind around her, and she had to admit that it felt pretty... well, great. It was incredibly freeing to know that you could go anywhere and catch yourself if things went wrong, although Rhine knew she couldn't keep her own type of flight up forever. Eventually her air elementals would exhaust her, and she would end up plummeting towards the ground below. That was why she made sure she was well rested and ready if she needed to fly for some reason, since she didn't want to get herself injured and have others worried about her. That was especially true these days, considering she was one of the only ones within the group with any type of medical knowledge, aside from someone like Winterhymns. Although, it thankfully seemed as though others were willing to learn, such as young Ares. However, that didn't mean she wanted more injuries popping up throughout the group.

Even if she had known that Onyx would eventually attempt using her wings, she still hadn't expected for it to be so soon. It wasn't really that soon, all things considered, but Rhine found it difficult to process how fast her daughter was growing. In addition, she wished that Onyxpaw would've told her she was going to try flying beforehand, just so that she could be around in case things went wrong. Although, she had probably been worried that Rhinestone would try to talk her out of it, which wasn't a totally unfounded fear. Regardless, the legate couldn't help wincing as she stepped into camp, the rabbit she had brought back falling from her mouth as a result of the reaction. It didn't seem as though Onyx was fatally wounded or even particularly heinously injured, but the sound of her groaning in pain still made the canine's stomach turn as she quickly made her way over. At least it didn't seem as though her daughter was totally alone, considering Swordskit and Jaeger had already arrived to help her - or rather, at least provide her with some kind of distraction.

Sighing softly, Rhinestone leaned over to nose gently at Onyx's ribs, questioning as she did so, "I take it your first session of flight school didn't go so well...? You're not too hurt, are you? Cause if you are, I might just have to wrap you up in bubble wrap." She offered the hybrid a small smile, her tone soft and joking. She was glad to see that the other seemed to be smiling again, no doubt spurred on by the presence of others. Reaching up with a paw, Rhine gently brushed over the top of Onyx's wings, muttering, "Maybe you could use a bit of a teacher... I'm fairly sure there's at least a couple of Typhooners who have wings. I could try asking one of them if they could help you out, when I go for medical training?" It would be a bit of an odd thing to ask someone, but she was also fairly sure their ally would understand that it could be difficult for someone to learn all on their own. After all, Rhinestonestar was fairly sure that not every Typhooner with wings had known how to fly flawlessly right off the bat. However, it would require one of them not to be busy, which the canine could understand if that wasn't the case. She wasn't exactly starved of things that she needed to do, these days.

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