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Nara lost count on how many days had passed since she and Griffith had headed back towards the pride borders. During that time, they had veered off course slightly. Nara was enjoying spending more and more time with the god of balance, and in turn, she felt she was learning a lot from the other. She still wasn't flying, but it didn't mean she wasn't close! Occasionally she would try jumping off Griffith's head, flapping her wings to hover slightly, before landing slowly to the ground. There was no height about it, but more and more she was becoming confident in actually being off the ground.

Currently, the young godlet was attempting to do the same, but she wanted to try remaining in the air a little bit longer.

Climbing up to the top of Griff's head, the avian jumped off, flapping her wings with all her might in front of the other's face. However, instead of lift, she felt herself lowering back to the ground.

She frowned when she landed again. "I don't get itttt." She said. "Why don't I go up?"

Nara would've growled if she wasn't in her current form.

She watched Griffith extend his wings, flapping them simultaneously to demonstrate.

She followed his instructions. Her wings were spread as far as they could. She flapped once, twice, three times. Although her movement was much too slow to allow any lift. With a sigh, the bird shook her head. "It is useless! Maybe you should just teach me how to teleport instead." Nara opted.

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In the shadows, seafoam green eyes watched the god seemingly try to show a chick how to fly. His eyes narrowed as he smirked. Backing away, the male went to alert his traveling companions. While gods weren't their normal targets, having a kill under their belts would garner bragging rights until death.

They'd have to work smart though. Deities were strong, and Nahuatl doubted if they allowed even one mis-step they could still come out ahead. He would devise a plan fast, and put it to action. His crew was normally pretty good at following directions on the fly.

He'd be back shortly. And once that god was taken down, he'd have a new eagle chick to raise and do his bidding.

Nara made a small hmph sound. She didn't want to keep trying. She was barely succeeding in what she was doing now! Maybe she just needed a little break.

"I'll try later." She finally said, resigning to the fact she was not going to be flying right now. She had definitely improved over the course of the few days she spent with Griffith. She found herself moving to one of the god's big paws, stepping on it to rest.

"Tell me how!" She said excitedly. "I mean. I know I /can/ do it. I just don't know how I did it." She said with frown.

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The lion had returned a few minutes later, still using the underbrush to hide his form. He had with him a few more beings, all in which he had quickly explained a plan to. First step was to incapacitate the god. The eagle chick with him was no concern to the traveling group, and if they had to take casualties up front, then its life would not be spare. It seemed there was some strange bond between the god and the eagle chick that Nahuatl might have been able to use as leverage if anything.

"Remember the plan." The brown lion stated quietly. "Keep him on the ground. Do not let him loose." Was his final whisper, as he nodded in the direction he wanted two of the troupe to go. The other two remained with him.

He wondered how well this would work.

If Nara was in her lion form, she would probably had purred against the nuzzle. But birds don't purr, so she settled for happy little coos and whistles.

"Picture a place in my mind?" She thought of her old home in the stormborn lands. She thought of the den she shared with Anon, and Gaius sometimes intruding in there.

And then...

Her eyes peeked opened to glance at him. "And then...?" She asked, but noticed his eyes narrow. Her dark blue eyes glanced around for something that was unseen. Her sense of smell wasn't as keen in the avian form (although she would unlikely be able to scent intruders in her true form either). "What wrong?" She asked quietly, hopping off his foot to stare at him.

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Nahuatl was about to motion for the group to attack as a whole, however, when he saw the dark blue male already hightail it from the bush, aiming directly for the eaglet chick, he growled in frustration.

NO. This was not how this was to go! Damnit Wimbi!

As the male sprung, so did the rest of his troupe. They were not attacking a group. It was four individuals aiming for the same targets. Nahuatl's plan had gone out the window.

He stayed put. The four idiots could give themselves away quickly, he would wait for the god to be more occupied before he struck.

Nara blinked. The actions of Griffith were so unusual, she had never seen him act that way before. What did he mean not safe? They were perfectly fine just a moment ago...weren't they?

When he took a step, the young eaglet chick followed. His one step equaled to about five or six little hops from the goddess in disguised. Her eyes widened though when she saw a flash of dark pelt come out of the underbrush, followed by two more males of purple, and a female of white.

When Griffith crouched over her, the child squealed, frozen temporarily as she felt the ground thundering with the beats of multiple gaits rushing at them.

Run. She heard Griffith shout. Run? With these legs? No way she could make it anywhere! "What about you?!" She cried out, seeing one of the lions take aim as Griffith's flank. She gasped, and quickly shouted, "Behind you!"

She was in a danger zone. Underneath a large lion who could fall a top of at any moment. Without even thinking, the goddess did what she was instructed earlier. She spread her wings as far as they went, and flapped as hard as she could finding a small lift from the ground. She was out from under the god of balance, heading higher into the air, away from the skirmish.

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Nahuatl growled as he watched his only leverage fly away. He made his way from the underbrush, claws unsheathed as he swiped at the chick just as she flew over head. He needed that bird!