So, that's all it takes for you to remember my name? Extreme heights and icy clouds. Duly noted.
[ No, he's not going to insist on bringing her back up here until he can figure out a good way of controlling the air without needing a Squaller. All Nikolai wanted to prove with this expedition is that he could do it.
And he can.
That's all he's ever learned since he was little. If he puts his mind to it, he can make almost anything happen. Who needed powers when you had a creative mind?
He keeps leaning his head against the wood, not wishing to stand and watch as they descend. He's seen this many times before that he can close his eyes and envision the way the basket slowly sails toward the ground, carefully controlled by Mikhail. ]
Mikhail calls me by my titles in case someone overhears him being too informal.
[ To respond to a comment she made before they had really taken to the clouds. Nikolai doesn't look at her as he watches the blue sky. ]
My father wasn't the kindest man. He wasn't patient, either, especially for informalities like calling the second prince by his name rather than his convoluted titles. Mikhail isn't as reckless as I am.
[ And he never really liked that Nikolai preferred to act like he was on the same level as a villager. Nikolai knows of the rumours; perhaps it reminded him too much of the allegations that followed Nikolai. ]
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[ No, he's not going to insist on bringing her back up here until he can figure out a good way of controlling the air without needing a Squaller. All Nikolai wanted to prove with this expedition is that he could do it.
And he can.
That's all he's ever learned since he was little. If he puts his mind to it, he can make almost anything happen. Who needed powers when you had a creative mind?
He keeps leaning his head against the wood, not wishing to stand and watch as they descend. He's seen this many times before that he can close his eyes and envision the way the basket slowly sails toward the ground, carefully controlled by Mikhail. ]
Mikhail calls me by my titles in case someone overhears him being too informal.
[ To respond to a comment she made before they had really taken to the clouds. Nikolai doesn't look at her as he watches the blue sky. ]
My father wasn't the kindest man. He wasn't patient, either, especially for informalities like calling the second prince by his name rather than his convoluted titles. Mikhail isn't as reckless as I am.
[ And he never really liked that Nikolai preferred to act like he was on the same level as a villager. Nikolai knows of the rumours; perhaps it reminded him too much of the allegations that followed Nikolai. ]