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“I need a drink,” I h my blood in cold shivers

“Nonsense Drinking is for the weak You don’t want to turn out like that wretched woers and allies alike and forcing dry sandwiches on unsuspecting folk?” He s Or anything, really “No You will juic will deduce that you need to fly in order to save yourself, and thus your wings will extend from your back”

“Uh-huh” I edged forward, the toes ofoose pi around s wouldn’t be hindered

Presu I had any

“Yes, using them will be as natural as you please I never told you, but I was a late blooet up the willpower to attee of the cliff All I needed was a little shove!”

“Your wings just knehat to do, or…?”

“Well, no, at first I couldn’t quite get them to work in sync, so I accidentally careened back into the cliff face and eventually spiraled down into the water, but on the third try, I had it! Nothing to it”

My flat stare wiped the supportive smile off his face

“Your wings will be dainty,” he rushed to say, patting my shoulder “Much easier to control”

My body shook, and I wasn’t sure if it was because of the cold or because of the fear

“Just because you are trying a new thing, doesn’t o of what you’ve already learned,” Mr Tom reminded me softly “You should not feel the cold Remember?”

Barely having to think about it, I reached for the heat deep in ut and pulled it out until it covered ic had so far been second nature Edgar would read instructions for controlling body heat or whatever from an ancient volume only he seee would burst forth as though it had been tucked inSo and, without knowing how, make it happen My situation wasn’t exactly a science at this point