gasp! shock! horror!
The wind started to pick up, twisting the kite back and forth as it struggled to keep upright and angled in the wrong direction. Hemming grinned as the thing faced its first real challenge, knowing that it was his design and construction that would determine whether or not his creation could survive the buffeting winds. Rather than twisting fatally and falling to the ground, though, the kite started to lift higher, moving yards forward at a time as it was carried along. His attention had drifted far away from the earth for the moment, his gaze fixed solely on the kite and his thoughts all but free of earthly things. In the back of his mind, the climb of the kite suggested to him that Anu had noticed the few meters of string that was still wrapped around the stick. She was an expert pilot!
After a few moments the nagging irregularity of the kite's flight was reason enough for him to look down at the female. He barely had time to register the shocked look on her face, his eyes darting back and forth from the fluffy end of the string that was drifting back to earth and the kite drifting higher and higher into the sky. His eyes were wide, brows peeled back into his forehead, and a grin was just starting to form. Without taking the time to figure out what had just happened, which certainly didn't matter at the moment, he cried out, "Ha! It's free! Come on, Anu!" He reached out a hand to beckon to her, and started running, following the path of the kite's shadow.
His arms flowing out behind him, he felt almost as free as the kite must have. Buoyant chuckles escaped from the male's mouth, and his feet landed in an almost haphazard manner as he flew, serpentine, through the tall grasses. |