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She knows where we are, she knows what to do…
His all-knowing voice reverberates through my skull, I nod instinctively, I ready my stance for flight and widen my wings waiting for Sam to mount my back. She touches my front leg insistently. I look at her questioningly, her voice becomes louder in my head and in my ears. I've missed what she said, I should've expected her to have questions now that she's been exposed to that… I've no idea what it's called. I'm certain of where to go, I never should've doubted her. Sam was right.
Samantha, calm down. I'll answer and explain while we go there alright?
I look at her waiting for her to argue. To my surprise, she only nods and carefully climbs onto my back slightly behind my shoulders, where my wings sprout from my body. Once she's comfortable and ready for flight. I carefully walk backward, leaving enough room in front of me to catch air. I feel us both inhale, apprehensive but eager for the journey that's ahead of us. Ready for it to unfold at any moment… Perhaps, it's already unfolded and enveloped us. Perhaps… It started the moment I saw this one human girl out in the woods, conveniently the same time I was outside, which I hardly ever was. We were Fated to meet, it is Fate that made us belong together and that all this would happen. I feel her tense, squeezing her legs to my sides. At the same time I bound forward, I open up my wings and I lose the feeling of the ground below me, my membranes in my wings stretching. We're on our way to our future. Hopefully, our future isn't cut short.