"Good idea. Do you need help bringing anything?"

"Nah. What good is a walker if it can't carry your stuff?"

"Same is true to cloudpines," Temperance says pointing a thumb to the evergreen branch where most of her stuff is hanging from black silk bags.

They bring along the disks - presumably Walta can provide a way to transport them - and once they're resettle their stuff Temperance strips off and gets into the water.

They're not that big, and the walker has utility belt equivalents, carabiner-like things, even modular slots for gear.

She has the walker sit down, lets Feume out to graze and run around, and starts cutting and soldering things.

Temperance swims around and plays with the giant squid.

Walta only occasionally stares at her admiringly.

She stops working on the device to play with Feume after maybe an hour.

A bit after that, Temperance gets to land and dresses herself in silks, she still quite damp and the clothes stick to her body.

"Hey, do you wanna race?"

"You can fly, you'll probably win. Maybe not if I use Feume."

"Using Feume was the plan, and we can stick to a course so going over obstacles won't be that much of an advantage."

"Alright. Let's do it. Over that hill, into the woods, and back?"

She can't help but glance over the form-sticking clothes a little more.

Temperance shows no sign of minding the glancing.

"Sounds perfect!"

"Alright! Here, Feume! We get to have a race!" Feume trots over excitedly, tossing fire around into the air a little.

Temperance flies along with giggling at the challenge.

Walta climbs up, holds on, and urges Feume to top speed.

He's pretty fast!

But Temperance turns out to be faster!

Hmm. She'll have to slow down when they get to the forest. Well, so will Feume, but hopefully this turns the tables.

Yes, going around the obstacles instead of over them proves to be difficult.

Feume's natural environment isn't forest, so it's a bit tricky for him too.

The end result of the race is Temperance narrowly winning.

Temperance celebrates by doing a complicated air maneuver.

"Fun! Hey want to go for a spin?" She indicates the cloudpine.

"Uuum-" She realizes both her objections are kind of moot. "Sure!"

Temperance helps her to climb onto the cloudpine and shows her the best way to hold onto it (there are some silk straps that help).

Eeee she's almost as nervous/excited as the first time riding Rachis.

She straps in just fine.

And when they're both secure Temperance speeds making courses around the like, going as fast and as high as Walta wants.

Relatively low, but as fast as Temperance can go!

If she wants low, how about low enough that their feet can graze the lake's waves?