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.
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.
Kids fidget waiting their turns and are corralled by the instructors. "If you touch me I'll kill you," a purple says to Tiya.
Tiya holds her Adamant's hand and takes a turn touching the Water, all by herself. Water sheds his halo and puts up a new one for the next batch.
Can you tap into two at once? Do you have to be touching them? If you're tapping a hybrid, do you need to be focusing on one half in particular? Will it go faster now that they know how to do it?
"It's actually a bad idea to try to steer a shadow walk if you don't absolutely have to. Shadows are miles better at it and can bring passengers. We will definitely cover flying - I don't have enough Air to do it without help myself but I have books and we can figure out the rest. And we're going to cover artifacts for sure, what artifacts do you want to make?"
Artifacts they can sell for lots of money! Artifacts they can use for terraforming! And for self-defense! And for killing uppity reds!
Anybody who remarks on the usefulness or desirability of extrajudicial death of any person can leave. They can come back tomorrow. This time.