Hitting a decorative rock nestled at the corner of a field, I char it black and some of Lightning's power ripples with the water. Thankfully, he keeps it under control and I secure my hat as I start to wade into the deepening water. The rush of it is so close now, roaring louder and above the ceaseless downpour assailing all right now. A high-pitched chirp sticks out to me.

I look down and notice a baby chick struggling to keep on a little pebble, it slips and struggles before finally going into the water. Picking it up hastily, I hold the small baby close to my chest as it likely cries out for our shared desire. Nodding carefully, I keep on marching towards the burst dam as smaller streams of water start to hose out. Clicking my tongue, a thumb strokes the trembling chick and I notice a small team up there.

"WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING! LET'S GO!"

"DAMMIT!"

"EVERYONE GET THE FIELDS CLOSED OFF, PUT THE BARRICADES TO GOOD USE!"

Frowning at the conversation before they vanish from my already limited view of them. Lightning worms out near my face and he turns his little, electric point to me. Taking another step, I nearly drop down into the rushing water as the dangerous depth is made clear. Breathless because of the jump, I clench a fence pole and pull myself out onto some stairs.

My heels click rapidly as I rise up the mostly natural construct until I rush out into the open. Sighing at the disturbed grave near the escaping reserve, I place the chick down in the safety of a wreath for the moment. Stepping out onto the breaking dam, I lean on a guard railing as I try to inspect the damage for the moment. Lightning leaps from me and he dives into the water and surges around it.

Coming back to me with a snap, I recoil into the catch, "Should I just fix it?"

"No... I want them to know it's all ok. I can't have them worrying for their families or their livelihoods." I explain to the divine bolt as the rain sizzles into steam away from his golden body.

"How do you wish to proceed?" Lightning asks as he reaffirms his power flowing through my body by making it shine.

"Let me fly on a ray of light!" I breathe as the sky flashes furiously as a sudden wind warps the path of the rain. Lightning shoots out into the sky, piercing the cloud cover and revealing the light of the Orbital-Halo. Coming back for me, he snags me into the sky and I wrap an arm and leg around his stiff, voltaic form. Sprouting winds with pure, golden feathers, they flap with cackling electricity as I gather up Lightning's power.

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As if he is a javelin, I throw him precisely to the failing damn and by Ihtuntar's bright and holy name, do we honour him. The rain stops. All that remains is the sound of my flapping wings as the clouds make way for unblocked daylight. A first for many in this place, I am sure, but, even then, their eyes are on me, the maiden with glittering feathers.

Descending to the remade dam, the freshly wrought, white stone taps under my heels. The sound of a chick on one side, the voices of rushing men on the other. Heading to the chick first, I pick them back up and sing a gentle tune with Lightning's help. Turning to face the returning farmers, many stop, awestruck by all that they now see.

"W-W-Who are you!?" one of them demands to know as Lightning sneakily returns to me properly. I smile brightly at the farmers as many pray for their now-saved fields, animals and lives.

"Einervaene Bosphama." I answer as my wings unfurl again. With one great flap, I soar into the air as if I've always been able to fly like this. The chick squeals knowingly and its little feet and wings paddle about as I seek out Lightning's divine knowledge.

"The mother hen should be... There." he answers as lightning strikes in the direction of the mother bird. Jostling the little chick, I make sure they can see my smile.

"Time to see mother again." I coo before a family of birds come running at me the moment I land. Wading awkwardly through the relatively deep puddle, a rust-coloured, plump hen frantically calls out to me.

"Kuhraw! Kuhraw!" it repeats as I let the chick down onto the closest thing to dry land there is at the moment.

"Soon, I'll be just like that little chick, finally back with Mother..." I nearly cry as I hide only my eyes, making sure my smile always stays in the open.

"Your name will reach her and she will be calmed." Lightning nods as best as he can with his somewhat awkward body before he fizzles out of view.

"I only have you for so long, don't I, Loyal Lightning?" I ask him as I focus on the hen as it wades back to the family with the little chick dangling from her beak. Waving at the little bird, the lot of them scurry off to the safety of their coop and their caring owners.

"For as long as I am needed to keep Eratheen safe." he reaffirms as a figure flashes into existence for the simple purpose of bowing their head.

"There is time before I see Mother again." I say as I smile gently towards a farmer and his family as they groan at the need to reverse their recent task. All of them are happy, though, everyone is happy for this one moment, this flash of lightning.

"You want to help them all." Lightning acknowledges as I stare up at the sky and rustle my divinely-made wings.

"I will make up for every problem my tainted blood has ever caused." I admit, partially sighing it out as some of my true magic power zaps distastefully by my fingertips.

"Then by the honour I learned through Thunder, let us save them all!" Lightning roars with the strength of a renewed sky of never-ending thunderclouds.

Yes... All of them.

In motion with a golden scar in the rumbling sky, I shoot back into the air and Lightning shoot out ahead of me. Enjoying myself for the moment, I try to break some of the cloud cover with the flapping of my wings. A chasing-bolt falcon shows off its bravery by flying right next to me and I smile at it. Screeching at me, the bird of prey dives away as it proves its namesake.

"Einervaene, I have found someone who may need you." Lightning informs me and with another great flap, I dive in the direction he's implanted in my head.