Book of The Lightborn: Rise

The Warm Lands

"Do you think this will be a problem?" Menoel asked Kilon, as they looked ahead.

"Yes. Definitely will be a problem." Eharel added. They were all looking at the passage which got much tighter at the end of the third sun of travel.

"The winds blow strongest from behind right now, if we were to attempt squeezing through, the flow of control will fall." Kilon said as he analyzed everything. His height now almost double that of even Menoel, the effects of his continuous contact with the thousands of lights now obvious.

"What if we create a cushion?" Eharel suggested, his words carrying meaning.

"A cushion you say, made of what exactly? Snow and ice?" Menoel said with sarcasm.

"No you fool. Air, isn't that something you're good with?" Eharel snapped back at him.

"Air? In case you didn't notice, air is exactly our issue, it's hard enough to resist and sway it with all of our power, let alone manipulate it how we want." Menoel responded annoyed.

"Well, I don't know, Menoel. Perhaps you should get good at what you do then, so we can perform my plan." Eharel responded in kind. Menoel starting to pull at his hair as Eharel started to slap him.

Kilon was taking into account this idea and said "We'll do just that then." as he looked back at the two who were pulling each other's hair and slapping around. "Better said, I will do just that. Create an air cushion." The two now stopped their fighting.

"You alone brother? We know you're pretty strong, but I'm not sure you're able to cushion tree thousand strong." Menoel responded intrigued yet worried for this plan.

"I have to agree with Menoel on this one, my plan is good, but I thought more like a thousand to take part into it, not just you." Eharel agreed with his brother.

Kilon understood their worry and said "I'm the only one who can do it. I have now experience holding large amounts of power and using it. All I have to do is get a bit more." as he said that, he pointed towards the other thousand Lightborn which were proficient in wind manipulation.

"I see. If you use the full power of all of us to create an air cushion on the other side of the narrow passage, we could all just ride the wind gusts into it. But" Menoel paused a bit thinking "Wouldn't that leave us completely defenseless? Against the winds and cold?"

"I already thought of that." Kilon said with a slight smile "I will only take over your lights after I crossed the narrow part. While doing so, I will sway the winds along with me, to create a sort of wind slide that will go along the mountains. Doing so, should enable both your safety before, while and after crossing the Tight Grip." Kilon explained, naming the portion of the Closed Passage.

"Sounds good enough for me. You tell us what we have to do and we'll get to it." Eharel complied

"Well, it's not like we got any other better options. Although, I have to ask, why not more? I trust that you can do it, but surely you could use a few more hands to help right?" Menoel wanted to know.

"You just have to think a little about it. I'm the only one who actually traveled through the Closed Passage before. The others never had the chance. So they would have to learn how to navigate it through the most dangerous portion, where winds blow the strongest." Kilon explained himself.

Menoel, thinking for a bit, approved with a nod. He returned to sit down with the other Lightborn, as Kilon kept watching the Tight Grip, looking for anything he may have missed.

After they  all rested, Kilon explained to them. He would go first, empowered by the lights of those which couldn't manipulate winds properly and leave a wind trail they could slide across. Once he is on the other side, he will simply stop the winds to announce that he arrived at the end. If he didn't announce it in half a sun's time, they were to simply slide the trail and give him the remaining lights, as it meant that him stopping the wind couldn't reach them due to how far he was. If the trail of wind stopped acting, they were to assume what's worse and return to the Link at once.