He shifts around a bit as he continues to wade out into the deeper water, shoulders adjusting and flexing as he seems to try to work out what he even is doing with his wings. Air resistance and water resistance are two very different beasts, and the last thing he wants is to make an elegant swan dive into the water that hits the bone structure in his wings the wrong way and rips one of them off or something.
Life is hard when you're the Designated Flier™.
In the end, he pulls them in close and tight, making sure his attention is on holding them where they'll streamline against his back before pushing off with his feet and sliding along the surface of the water, getting accustomed to the feeling of swimming with wings on his back.
It's a little gawky at first, but he's making an attempt, and with a minimum of haphazard splashing besides.]
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He shifts around a bit as he continues to wade out into the deeper water, shoulders adjusting and flexing as he seems to try to work out what he even is doing with his wings. Air resistance and water resistance are two very different beasts, and the last thing he wants is to make an elegant swan dive into the water that hits the bone structure in his wings the wrong way and rips one of them off or something.
Life is hard when you're the Designated Flier™.
In the end, he pulls them in close and tight, making sure his attention is on holding them where they'll streamline against his back before pushing off with his feet and sliding along the surface of the water, getting accustomed to the feeling of swimming with wings on his back.
It's a little gawky at first, but he's making an attempt, and with a minimum of haphazard splashing besides.]