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unluckily, astara did not possess wings -- so when the bird collected its wits, scooped up its pride, and then fluttered into the trees, astara was forced to watch from the ground.

never had she felt so tethered to the earth as when she watched this bird easily quit her company by the simple virtue of possessing the traits to be airborne.

she followed after him, but it was likely little use. he was well beyond her reach, and all she could see as she glanced skyward was the choking canopy of the black forest.