au: a flight of feathers
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The first thing that Mi and Jiho were told upon starting the job: donât get attached to the beasts. Easy task, Mi had thought. Theyâd only be seeing the creatures for an hour at a time, a day at most. But perhaps sheâd underestimated her capacity for attachment. Case in point: the puffskeins and young hippogriff theyâre currently transporting. Mi careens closer to her long-time friend, the charmed wooden crate containing some of their rowdy puffskeins hanging from her broomstick handle, weighing down with an uneven load sheâs now gotten used to.
"Hey," she whispers. The rush of air up where they are is loud enough but she's wary. "We've been flying all night... do you think we should try to get them to stop or something? Chilli looks restless... and the sun should be coming up soon.â Chilli, their unofficially named hippogriff does indeed look tired, swaying from side to side in flight below them. Heâs surrounded by a few other members of their team, all on broomsticks as well. In the distance, thereâs an orange glow coming over the hills that Mi eyes suspiciously: the group might be in a rush, but illegal transportation of magical creatures doesnât work as well when allâs lit up. She sighs. How did the two of them get into this mess anyway?---it sure wasnât this much of a mess when theyâd started, or perhaps that had just been the adrenaline-loving careless side of her young and naive mind.
