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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DoctorB" data-source="post: 218211" data-attributes="member: 903">The FlightArin could not be sure of Liana’s disposition towards him since she had discovered what he was.  He tried to spend time with her when she wanted him to and leave her alone when she needed to think.  Finally, he decided to ask her.“Would you like to… uh… go flying sometime?”Her face lit up.  “Yes!” she exclaimed.Soon afterwards, the two of them walked along one of the smaller paths away from the dwarven trading town.  It would not do to panic people with a view of a flying dragon.  When they thought themselves out of sight of anyone behind them, Arin changed back to his native form.  His gray-blue scales gleamed in the early winter sun.Liana still seemed a little unnerved at his transformation, but the prospect of flying overwhelmed her concern.“Just put your legs under the base of my wings to hold on,” he suggested though he had never carried anyone before.When she seemed safely in place, he leapt into the air, his wings beating to gain altitude. Finally, he could soar alongside the mountains and slowly rise until the entire world seemed to be laid out below them.Flying transformed Liana.  She remained so quiet and still at first that Arin feared she might not like it after all.  As they soared on the currents of air, she seemed to gain strength and perspective from the wondrous view.  Her self-doubt and fear vanished in the joy of the moment and she became completely the kind and generous Liana he loved.  Perhaps, he hoped, she could love him even as a dragon.Sharing the experience with her, Arin rediscovered the exhilaration of soaring on currents of air and the panorama of land below them.  His gaze swept along the mountains that slowly gave way to forest to the east.  A mist seemed to rise from the distant horizon.  No, he realized suddenly, not a mist.Liana had seen it to, and leaned over his neck to get a better look at the distant woods.  Great plumes of smoke rose in the distance.  Massive fires must rage below to create such a huge cloud.  They both knew what lands those forests occupied.  Tolna and Streda fought eternally for control of the great forest below.  Evidently, the war had escalated.Reawakened to harsh reality by the spectacle, Arin turned for home.</blockquote>

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