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They appear in midair, visible out of a few thirtieth-floor apartments.
One starts to fall. The other catches her by the arm, flings out - wing-shapes of light - and slows her, spiraling down until they're at street level.
maurabel and penumbra go on an adventure
"Some elementals like food," he says defensively. "I don't know what Airs like in particular - uh, we're the bandits. Who've been stealing and freeing elementals. We decided to see if we could get any by buying we couldn't get by stealing. Maurabel'll be by to let you go. But she might be a while. Thus food."
The lyrics aren't in a language they speak, which is weird, but it's good music! They must have invented a whole lot of new instruments and other innovative musical things.
Since Maurabel didn't know how long to expect them to take to get more elementals she is not coming by as often as Penumbra could take her. More sellers of elementals come by first. This person has an extra Wood to sell. That one caught this Adamant but she stares at him creepily and won't pull in her halo so he can't punish her very effectively.
Hi, Wood and Adamant, you have been purchased by the elemental-freeing bandits, hang out here until Maurabel can clear your amulets please, then a Shadow can take you to a place where people aren't terrible.
make_opportunity
Eventually: Maurabel.
"We weren't allowed to eat, dumbass," says the Air to the soldiers.
Soldiers find it cheering to offer elementals all kinds of food extravagances and to explain that their planet is so crowded there's no wilderness anymore and that's why they're trying to find new ones.