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Another day of training, nothing out of the ordinary for Ninja. He was still working on getting higher in the air, he couldn’t get more than 15 jumps. As impressive as that was, it wasn’t enough. He had to keep training.
He huffed and groaned in frustration upon realizing that he needed to take a short break, as he was going backwards. He could do less in less with every round. He sat on the ground and took out a bottle of water with a sigh. He lowered his mask and started to drink the water before he heard small footsteps coming up to him from his right. He glanced up and saw a small child with golden hair and blue eyes.
“Hm?” he asked them.
The child jumped a bit then laughed nervously. “Um… C-can you fly? Can you teach me?” they asked, their voice echoing
They opened their tiny wings and showed Ninja “I can’t go higher than a couple feet…”
Ninja gave them a patient smile and small chuckle. “I can’t fly, no, I just jump in the air over and over.”
The kid looked crushed but then curious. “Cookies can do that?”
“With enough practice and time, cookies can do anything.”
They stared for a second, thinking. They then quietly asked, “Could that help me fly…?”
“It may, I don’t know much about flying though. It wouldn't hurt to try.”
The small child lit up and started hopping up and down excitedly. Ninja smiled again and lifted his mask back up.
“C’mon, we’ll start small ok?”