[But it's easy now, simple and reflexive, to return Star inside him (and he can never seem to find the right verb for that, either — de-summoning him? putting him away? making him disappear? letting him sleep? None of them ever seem right) while he glances around at their surroundings to mark out a trajectory. There are enough vertical landings around to make a demonstration worthwhile, and once he's picked his few, he nods.]
Watch. This way's more efficient, in my opinion.
[And a moment later, the meaning behind that remark becomes clear, as the area around his legs, from his knees to the ground, shimmers translucent purple; when he kicks off, it's clearly with Star's assistance, and the fact that he's got his hands in his pockets the whole time he's rocketing skyward in an arc and coming down to land atop one of the orange-glowing lamp posts is evidence enough that he's clearly done this before.]
action;
[But it's easy now, simple and reflexive, to return Star inside him (and he can never seem to find the right verb for that, either — de-summoning him? putting him away? making him disappear? letting him sleep? None of them ever seem right) while he glances around at their surroundings to mark out a trajectory. There are enough vertical landings around to make a demonstration worthwhile, and once he's picked his few, he nods.]
Watch. This way's more efficient, in my opinion.
[And a moment later, the meaning behind that remark becomes clear, as the area around his legs, from his knees to the ground, shimmers translucent purple; when he kicks off, it's clearly with Star's assistance, and the fact that he's got his hands in his pockets the whole time he's rocketing skyward in an arc and coming down to land atop one of the orange-glowing lamp posts is evidence enough that he's clearly done this before.]