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[Looks like he's calmed down considerably.

Which isn't saying a whole lot. He's holding a stuffed animal to the best of his ability, his ears are laid back as usual and he's pouting.]

This place is still stupid as shit. But I guess I'm supposed to get used to it or something. [Because that's what Fai would praise him for.] I'm looking for someone called Rainbow Dash, so... yeah. Someone help me find him. Or her. Or whatever. I need help figuring out how to fly right.

[This is probably a good idea, since the few times he's tried, his powers kick in the second he's off the ground and he starts bolting through the air.]

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[Rainbow Dash had her failings of courage, her incredibly low tolerances for minor mundane things, her hangups and her problems. But this isn't a hooficure; this isn't even a flying lesson. This is a CHALLENGE.]

[She grits her teeth, latches on all the tighter, and puts the awesome power of her own wings into pushing right back against him. Thanks to the bound stores of magic inside her augmenting her already-incredible strength, she's only shoved back a few feet before she catches her own force up to his.]

[Woah. He's actually not able to push her back. He ends up staring at her in disbelief and a nice healthy pinch of fear for good measure. He's slowly getting used to being taken care of by girls who could easily kick his ass, at this rate.

The fear of flight is subsiding, at least. He's slowly getting used to the feeling of not being able to touch the ground. Even the fact that he's a foot or two above the ground now, and not about to die. It's actually... pretty awesome.

Before long, the strain of his powers wears out and he drops semi-gracefully to the ground, sitting immediately to get his head straight.]

Hey... you're pretty cool. [+10 Respect.]

[Rainbow hovers in midair for a moment as if she doesn't even register that he's moved... till she sort of tumbles to the ground.]

Owww ow ow wing cramp wing cramp WING CRAMP!

[She rolls over onto her back and around, pushing the wing out of its locked position with her own weight, then scrambles to her feet to hop around gingerly, waving the wing around till the pain subsides. She looks at it sadly, testing its flex and play before folding it back up.]

Uh, when you tell everypony how cool I am, you can... not mention that part.

[Still, she's gotta give him credit, that was something. He might... be almost as fast as she is, once he gets it under control! Definitely not faster though.]

[He folds his wings self-consciously.]

Sorry! I- I didn't mean to hurt you. And.. and don't worry, I don't really talk to anyone that much.

[He paws about a bit more before getting up and nosing her over - only because he's sure he'd just hurt her more trying to use his hooves to check her injuries.] Anything I can do? I mean, to- to help your wings un-cramp?

No, I'm good, I'm good! [She shies away, hating to feel at all vulnerable.] I just shoulda warmed up a bit first. I figured you'd be about like the other fast guy who had trouble flying, but you're either faster or stronger than he is. Hard to tell which.

Probably both. [He turns sheepish and backs up, quick to respect her space. It does suck to be vulnerable, after all.] Sorry, I... I never really tried to control my powers until like... last year. So my control's really fucked up still, and they're way stronger than I am. But... but you were able to stop me still, so that must make you crazy strong. No one else's ever been able to do that, not even... [AHEM.] ...well, yeah, no one.

I'm gonna tell you right now, control is everything! All the speed in the world doesn't matter if you can't pull up from a dive in time and plow the ground. So you better work on that, okay?

[She rubs her mane, sheepishly.] Well, I've got my own training. I sorta know how to use stored magic from others to boost my own strength, long story short.

Kind of like powers, then. [He perks up.] I'm not even that fast on my own, see, I need to be scared or else I can barely keep up with anyone. That's why I could push you so hard, too. I've kind of got... a lot of practice with being scared. More than I have with being in control.

[She crosses her forelegs as she regards him sternly.]

That needs to change. You can't let your fear be what's in charge. You make bad decisions that way and you'll end up hurting people.

Yeah, I... I know that much.

[He definitely learned that the hard way by hospitalizing his brother.]

There was a girl helping me get in control back at my school, but... she's not here now. Can you help me?

Yeah, sure, I'll help you.

[It's no big deal to her, doesn't even register as something special. He asked, she'll do it.]

[His ears perk up, and a smile starts forming. May not seem like a big deal to her, but it definitely is to him.]

Even though I might cramp your wings up again?

I'll stretch better, is all. You haven't seen what these fillies can really do.

[She rears back, spreading her wings proudly and boastfully.]

["Fillies" is not part of his vocabulary, but he assumes it has something to do with babies. More importantly, this chick is officially awesome. And she now has the pleasure of seeing the first dorky grin he'd had since he got here.]

I figured you were pretty fast, the way Disciple talked about it. Too bad I fucked up- I mean, busted up your wings before you could show me.

I wouldn't show you how fast I really am anyway. Don't want any of you new pegasi thinking you can do what I can and getting yourself hurt.

[She winks broadly, then spreads her wings again.]

But a little demonstration --

[Her acceleration is blindingly quick. In just a moment, she crosses from directly in front of him to a hill some distance away. A line of rainbow flames on the ground traces her path from here to there. She raises her voice to call out to him playfully.]

--couldn't hurt!

[He stares in amazement. So that's what he could look like if he got in control of his powers. Wicked.

Well, that kind of challenge is something he can step up to.] I bet I run faster than that. [With that he takes off galloping toward her, concentrating on whatever fears and spinning around in his head... and within the second he has not only caught up to her, but sped a circle and a bit around her to work off the extra energy. He may not have a whole lot of flying expertise, but running is definitely his forte.]

You're doing that running?

[Okay, she had to admit that's pretty wild.]

I'm a little surprised you didn't end up as an earth pony, if you've got that much power. But then again, I guess it IS your power and not your wings OR your legs making you go fast.

[He turns a bit sheepish.] Well my powers are designed to help me stay out of trouble. At least... if I get into trouble I can run away, or blast it with my screams. So I guess now I can fly away too... [God he feels so pathetic voicing that aloud.]

No no, that's not how you think of it. Running away never solves any trouble. You have to think of it like, "I'm going to keep myself out of trouble by SOLVING my troubles before they cause me too much grief!"

[...That makes him laugh.] Yeah. Yeah, I really wish that was possible.

It IS possible, and you're gonna do it. "Easy" might be a bit too much to ask, but you'll get it.

No, it's really not possible. You can't solve the problems I've got. [He groans.] I'm just lucky they can't find me here. If they could I'd be dead by now.

What. What are you talking about? Who are 'they'?

...You seriously don't want to know. [He turns away.] Forget I brought it up. You're from Rainbow Pony Land, I shouldn't be fucking that up with my Earth problems.

Aside from the fact that Equestria has plenty of its own problems, I'm also a trained mercenary. Also, you're here. Pretending the problems don't exist and hiding them is just another way of running away.

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