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Abey didn't really need an answer from Julie, because he could already see with his own two actual eyes that she was, indeed, ready to get into the air. They'd worked on flying together a bit last term, enough that she'd been able to get off of the ground and, really, that was half of what flying was about anyway. Sort of. There was also the whole moving about and going up and down and around and left and right and controlling the broom in the air and landing and drifting and special moves and tight turns and dives and the 'finer points' sort of thing too, but it all STARTED with getting off the ground. So REALLY that part was actually the most important part actually.
"I thought maybe today we could work on speeding up. We can stay as close to the ground as you want and practice getting used to controlling the broom at speed, and that way if big mistakes happen it's only a short fall." Not that it would really be much of a disaster, even from very high up, if the pitch had a cushioning charm on it like the one back in Alexandria did. "But really actually most mistakes can be corrected without falling anyway, especially the higher you are. But we'll work on going fast and high eventually."
While he'd been prattling on, Julie had been getting herself all sorted with the broom. He smiled a her, hopefully in an encouraging way but mostly his more enthusiastic smiles ended up being toothy grins that all looked the same.
"Okay." He moved into position beside Julie, hovering on his broom. "We'll do a couple of laps first. You choose the height and speed, and I'll match it. Ready?"
... Wait, they'd gone over that a minute okay. She was ready. So...
"When!"
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