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"Everybody gets high, everybody gets low..."

Its strange to write about it now. Gravitating like that. I've never flown before. Only in dreams. Vaguely, its similar.

Its this freedom I've never felt before. I doubt I enjoyed it to the fullest with Axel on my back. Its more of a strength but it's so consuming. I really didn't think about it much when it happened.

I didn't question it. I think thats why it happened. I'm not sure. I'm glad it did. Just in the neck of time. I wasn't exactly wishing it at the time. I kept wishing for a way to escape and well, it happened.

I didn't know I could do it. Suddenly I'm in the air. And thrust toward the sky which I might add was terribly difficult being in an old tree.

But it hasn't happened since then. It hasn't been a priority, actually. Axel. Yes, he's been rather slow in all this. Coming around, he might still be ill. Its hard to say. He hasn't exactly talked to me. I wish he'd say something. I've got lots of questions.

The other strangeness, its the old witch's feelings I carry with me. Its part guilt, part pain. A real headache, actually.

I know she loved him. Cared for him at once, but it all turned to hate. Its on her face now. The scars.

Except it was just deception in the end. I wish I knew why he'd do it. A part of me would like to beat some sense in to him. I know it was long ago and maybe he's changed. I think. But there was a time when she was beautiful and she could see herself clearly in him.

I guess maybe he deserve this. But thats just her talking inside me.

Meanwhile, another hot bath for Axel. This is an all day job. Hauling the water up here. Heating the caldron (which I found by the way at some abandoned shelter). Its amazing what you can spot from the air.

He has to get better. He must.

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