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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3040703" data-attributes="member: 17691">Vor takes Beni's advice and begins practicing. After a few awkward near misses with the deck, the mast, rigging and other crew members, Vor instead launches himself off of the gunwale to have more room to experiment in the wide open sky. The little dragon is soon "falling" horizontally back and forth beside the ship. Unfortunately the sudden reversal of direction at each end causes Vor to at first fly forward and then tumble wildly tail-first as he falls backwards. He keeps trying to twist himself around in mid-fall to be facing in the correct direction but soon ends up tumbling end over end in both directions.Eventually Vor comes to the realization that the back and forth motion is the problem and instead starts trying to circle horizontally next to the ship. This tactic meets with some measure of success, though the little dragon's turns remain sudden jerky changes of direction; his circles seeming more like squares. Taking joy even in this progress, Vor keeps at it and soon begins using his own wings, tail and natural affinity with flight to help transition more smoothly between direction shifts; at first only zig-zaging through the air. Enjoying this new experience of flight, Vor continues refining his technique until he is gliding smoothly through figure-eights, loops and barrel-rolls around beside, under and over the ship.</blockquote>