For his part, Jingyi fell back when the airship called to brace, staying out of its forward path but low enough to handle any birds which recovered as it passed, though there were few in number. He has half an eye on the vibrating giant bird below, and the other eye on the airship, on standby if anyone goes tumbling off and requires a last minute rescue.

Please, sali or Voidtrecker, let the dragon practise his rescue maneuvers—