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Date Posted: 14:23:17 11/29/04 Mon
Author: Laffranth & Akema
Subject: >~<
In reply to: A'rak~Kadoth 's message, "~^~" on 00:05:21 11/27/04 Sat

Judging that she's near the gap in the clouds, Laffranth has to chose whether to break out there, or not. If, somehow, Kadoth has an inkling of her flight path, emerging from the clouds there won't give him any kind of challenge at all. Her red eyes whirling so fast the motion is blurred, she pulls her legs close, tucks in her wings, and dives, shooting straight down. It isn't the final dive of the flight - it's far, far too early for that - but it brings her sweeping down, startlingly close to Kadoth. Alarmed by how near he is, she swerves violently, nearly interrupting the dive, but forces herself to continue on her straight downward course. With the combined speed of her own momentum and gravity's pull, she can dodge him more easily by going down than by slanting her flight path. Hurtling towards the ground at top speed, her wings pulled in, she seems about to strike the unyielding earth - and then, at the very last second, pulls up, wings snapping open so close that the first two times she beats her wings, their tips brush the ground. Casting a calculating look up at Kadoth, Laffranth waggles her wings tauntingly and skims along the ground, turning sharply to her right to avoid a rock. As long as they stay clear of the jungle, she's at something of an advantage - her small green body can fit closer to the ground than the big bronze's, and her small size also gives her the agility to come a lot closer to obstacles before swerving. There's also an element of risk, of course, the risk that he might manage to overfly her and keep her pinned down low, and that risk sends an extra thrill through her. Fire surges through her veins, and she turns all her attention to the hair-raising flight less than a dragonlength off the ground.

Sweating with the combined joy and terror of their near-miss with the ground, Akema grins viciously, her expression almost draconic itself as she remains meshed with her dragon. Kadoth can be clever and stay above, or he can consent to play the game - for now, he'll find either safe, but there's no telling which will win it for him if another appears. The uncertainty and the disadvantage at which they have put themselves is a motivating rather than an inhibiting factor. If Kadoth forces them to push their limits to escape him now, all the better! It will be a better flight that way.

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