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I sprinted down the path and with a short flap of my wings jumped onto the boulder and then leapt into the air.
The cold night air coated my body, and without instruction, my wings spread and drew me higher into the sky. I heard the minions below cry out, and the sound of two pairs of tiny stomping feet met my ears. As I soared to the centre of the clearing I looked down and saw that our plan was working. The minions were in front of the fire and moving drunkenly towards me, their weapons raised but unsteady. I hovered in the air above them.
"Get down, you freak!" Marti yelled, brandishing his mace.
"Yeah!" joined Cord. "Come down and fight!"
His spear pointed wildly as he stumbled around. He attempted to jab the air, stumbled, did a pirouette, and smacked Marti on the a*s
