Warming Up For Company [Miguel]

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“All da preps ya wanted are done, Boss! Any uvva stuff ya want done?”

Gold eyes looked down on the short greenskin currently standing at attention in front of them. ”I want your squad to accompany me on this inspection. Tell the rest of the company to patrol the immediate area and hold the fort. Is that understood, Capt. Gragtar?”

The greenskin in question saluted. ”Ya Boss!" After saluting, the green humanoid scrambled off and began shouting orders at the other marines in the area.

Miguel just crossed his arms and resumed observing the organized ruckus with his usual gaze of indifference once his subordinate left. It was good to see that these marines were disciplined enough to follow his orders without question even in the midst of the cold of Hyokaido. A time-saver, at the very least.

He didn’t have to wait long before Gragtar came back, this time with eleven other people with him. They were mostly a mix of humans and other greenskins, all of whom were dressed in the same uniform and armed to the teeth with their personal and standard-issue weapons while standing in rank and file, just the way he liked it.

”Let’s go.” Miguel turned away from the group and began to lead the patrol himself. Normally, he would have the lower-ranked people do it for him but he wanted to see the place for himself since this was his first time here. That… and he was bored, but he’d never admit it.

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It didn’t take long for the group to encounter something while on patrol.

“Boss! Nekkid humies over dere!” One of his squad hollered as he pointed somewhere to the south.

Miguel’s eyebrows couldn’t help but rise at the words. Naked humans? In Hyokaido of all places? What kind of morons ran through a frozen wasteland buck naked? Definitely suspicious… and ridiculous. With a frown, he turned towards the place where that particular subordinate had been pointing at.

It took a herculean effort not to gape at the sight of multiple naked human men running in these conditions while holding what appeared to be clothes, glasses, and kegs like the rest of his subordinates were doing. Instead, Miguel immediately regained his composure and gestured towards them.

”Bring them here.” Miguel commanded with a slight frown as he wondered why they were in such a rush to get away from wherever it was they came from. It must be important if they didn’t bother to dress up.

“Sir yes sir!” “Yes Boss!” His squad chorused in unison before marching towards the naked humans.

Upon seeing the silhouettes of people, the naked people actually looked happy at first and began to run towards them. They then screeched to a halt when they could properly see the people they were running towards before turning around and running in the other direction when they realized that they were moving towards marines.

“MARINES!” A good portion of the naked people wailed as they ran back towards where they came from. They were way too unprepared to deal with eleven weapon-totting marines, especially while suffering from frostbite. “RUN!”

“WAAAAAAGH!” The greenskins bellowed as they gave chase, followed by the humans and other species in the squad as they scrambled after the overzealous war-crazy humanoids. Unknowingly, the chased and the chasers were headed right towards the spring where the giant Shichibukai was currently bathing.

Behind then, Miguel followed at a leisure pace. There was no rush as he could easily find them and some of them could locate him if need be. Besides, he didn’t want to be standing in the frozen plains all by himself, looking like a moron while waited for them to come back with what were probably stupid criminals.

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“WAAAAAAGH!”

While Gragtar and the other greenskins were bellowing their warcries, the rest of the squad followed after them wordlessly. The rest of them already tried to outscreech them before and only ended up being unable to speak for a week. If they didn’t know any better, they would even say that the admiral was amused at their predicament.

To their surprise, the group of suspects they had been chasing suddenly stopped. A second later, they stopped as well as soon as the reason for their sudden halt became apparent.

“…Oh god. A giant.” One of the few human marines muttered as he looked up, unable to take his eyes away from all of that skin. “A naked female giant. In a hot spring. At a glacier.”

Even their more enthusiastic greenskin squad members looked a little shaken at the sight of an actual giant getting out of a hot spring in the middle of nowhere. “Ya. Dat a giant fer sure.”

Gragtar turned to the pirates with a frown. “’Dis what yooz runnin’ from, humies?”

The pirates who weren’t ogling the furious female pirate nodded in resignation. “Yeah, pretty much.”

One of the other greenskins suddenly realized just who they were facing and abruptly paled. Well, as pale as someone with green skin can pale. “Gragtar… dat big gal’s a Shichibukai!” He mentioned it at the same time that the giantess mentioned killing the all for disturbing her bath.

The squad immediately took formation and prepared themselves for battle upon hearing her threat. They knew that the Shichibukai tended to slay people indiscriminately whether or not they were allies. Well, at least they heard that the overly violent giant did. She probably wouldn’t listen even if they pointed out that they were allies and not living targets like the suspects they were chasing.

However, unlike the marines, the pirates did take her up on her offer.

“Can’t we explain ourselves? Please?” One of them begged as he went on his knees. They didn’t really want to be caught in a crossfire between a Shichbukai and a marine squad. Their chances of escaping in the ensuing chaos were quite low, especially with those weird green-skinned creatures that looked like they wanted to fight just as much as the giant did.

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What in the world?

Miguel’s brows furrowed as he spotted an enormous figure in the distance where his troops went off to. He would have waved it off as some sort of enormous ice structure if it weren’t for the fact that it had flesh tones, a womanly figure, and a purple top.

He suddenly had a bad feeling that he was currently looking at the creature that those suspects were running from. Shaking his head, he hastened his pace to a jog as he continued to where his men where while letting his Mantra stretch out to its fullest. If he didn’t arrive there in time, he might lose a squad to whatever that was, and he didn’t like losing men –erm, he meant resources- as much as possible. Besides, he didn’t want to explain to the upper brass that he lost his men because of one lumbering creature out in the wastes found during a routine inspection.

It didn’t take long for a wave of massive bloodlust to hit him, making him grit his teeth. Considering that this was from the same enormous figure from earlier, he could conclude two things. One, the enormous figure was alive and probably a giant of some sort. Two, it wanted to kill something. Possibly the suspects and his men. This could not be allowed.

Miguel just hoped that he got there in time before his men all died. Otherwise, there would be hell to pay.

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In response to the Shichibukai’s rare show of leniency, the pirates huddled together in a circle to discuss and decide upon a story that would be worthy enough to let them be spared from the giantess’ wrath. They knew that they still had the freaky-looking marines to contend with, but their chances of survival were probably much higher with then that it was with her. At the very least their death would probably be less painful and humiliating.

It didn’t take long for the discussion to turn into a violent scuffle, especially with the alcohol in their veins and the tension that ran through their minds.

“Am I the only one that finds this display disturbing?” One of the human marines couldn’t help but pipe up as his attention was finally stolen away from the giantess and onto the weird in-fighting between the pirates that kind of looked like something else entirely.

“No.” The rest of them chorused, looking equally disgusted by the display.

“Can we’z book ‘em fer dis?” One of the greenskins asked as he scratched his bald head. “I’z sure dat dis breakz sum rulez. Boss wants to ask e’m sum questionz. ‘Nd den put dem in da brig.”

“We’z gonna catch dem fer da Boss anyway.” Gragtar shrugged, before adding something else. “After dey tell der story to da lass.”

The pirates didn’t seem to hear them as they continued squabbling amongst themselves. To the marines’ relief though, the little brawl finally ended after a few more moments, with a bloodied and bruised guy being shoved out of the circle.

Said guy muttered something underneath his breath before looking at the two other hostile groups and coughing. “Yeah, I got a good story for you. So everyone in the area, listen up, ‘cause this is gonna be good!”

He then shook his head. “No! Legen- wait for it….” He paused for a few moments for dramatic effect, which was kinda ruined by his constant shivering. “…dary! So sit your asses down and prepare yourselves for an epic tale of adventure!”

All of the pirates immediately did so while cheering and hollering like mad men, even as they continued to shiver from the intense cold. The marines looked a little conflicted about the order since it came from a pirate, but upon taking a collective glance at the giantess and the giant coin she had flipped earlier, they decided to sit down and behave for now. They didn’t want to be squashed by the giantess and then berated by their admiral for being stupid, after all.

Even death wouldn’t be able to save them from the wrath of their admiral if they died due to stupidity. He was an angel after all and probably had access to the afterlife whenever he wished. They weren’t about to mess with a guy like that!

“Well then… once upon a time, in a land far far away….” Before the pirate could get any further with the story he had just begun, he was suddenly interrupted by a new voice.

”What is this?”

The seated marines abruptly paled.

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”What is this?”

Miguel couldn’t help the words that escaped his mouth upon seeing the absolutely bizarre scene in front of him. His marines and the naked suspects were seated in a half-circle while facing the giantess in the area.

“B-boss!” Gragtar and his squad immediately stood back up and saluted him, looking more than a little shamefaced. “Dis inn whut it lookz like!”

Miguel crossed his arms and kept his gaze steady on his marines, careful not to look at the obviously naked giantess more than he already had. ”Explain.”

“We’z chased after dese humies like yoo asked, ‘nd dey led uz ‘ere.” Gragtar gestured to the hot springs, which had the naked giantess in front of it. Just why was there so much nudity in here anyway? It was so weird.

“Den it turnz out dat da giant iz a Shichibukai.” That comment immediately clued Miguel in to the identity of the giantess. The Shichibukai Valkyrie. Great. Just great.

“She wanted ta kill uz all at ferst, but da nekkid humies begged ‘er not ta, so she asked fer a story instead.” Gragtar finished, looking very apprehensive but confident. He was very sure that the admiral would know that he was telling the truth despite how ridiculous it sounded.

Said naked humans had gone completely ashen upon seeing the newcomer’s face. They were experienced and well-traveled enough to recognize one of the marine’s three legendary admirals- Admiral Gintaka. The sight of him and the Shichibukai was enough to send them spiralling into despair. All hope of them surviving or escaping had just gone down to zero. Below zero, even.

Miguel simply ignored them for the most part and addressed Valkyrie instead while keeping his eyes away from her naked form. He was pretty sure that most societies in the Blue Seas were like the Sky Seas in their views of modesty, so he might as well do the polite thing and avert his eyes.

”Why were you threatening to slaughter my men, Shichibukai? Was the deal not clear enough for you?”

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Navy’s Poster Boy. While absolutely true, the label was still annoying. It wasn’t something to be proud of when he had been forced into the role by those uppity old jerks that run the World Government. Despite his annoyance, the admiral kept his neutral expression and continued to gaze at his subordinates instead of the giantess he was conversing with.

Said marines were already feeling uncomfortable from his gaze, but they kept their posture straight and their expressions firm. They knew that this admiral wouldn’t tolerate a breach of proper conduct, especially with one of the Shichibukai watching. They were chosen to set an example to the rest of the world, after all, and they can’t afford to break character even more than they already have. That was why they stayed quiet when the giant started to tease their admiral of all things.

While admirable, it also made looking at them tedious and boring. They were making it hard for the admiral to keep his eyes focused on them, especially since he had seen their faces quite a bit since his ascension to his current rank. It was made even harder when he felt the giantess move near him and spoke again, this time asking why he wasn’t looking at her like the rest of them.

”A Marine officer is supposed to observe decorum at all times.” He recited monotonously. ”That would include not indulging in acts of intentional voyeurism.”

That… and he respected the Shichibukai –all women, really- enough not to look, especially since they barely qualified as acquaintances. But he wasn’t going to admit that.

Right after he said that, the giantess finally answered his question. Well, it wasn’t really an answer. It was more of her pointing out that someone like him should have figured it out already while referring to him as a… luckless idiot? Okay, he’d never been called that before. She got points for originality, even if it didn’t make sense.

It didn’t take long for Miguel to put two and two together, especially now that he had time to really focus on the facts that he currently had on hand. Once he did, he didn’t like the conclusion he had arrived to. From what he could conclude, she wanted to kill his men and the pirates because they interrupted what seemed to be her relaxation time and inadvertently peeped on her while they were at it.

He didn’t even have to ask to confirm his suspicious because the giantess confirmed them for him when she threatened to kill the naked suspects and his marines for the reason that he had thought up, as well as for pride.

“Hey, wait! You said you were going to spare us!” The pirate who had been about to tell the story finally snapped out of his despair-induced silence and sputtered. “You promised!”

One of the other pirates turned to the stoic admiral and went on his knees. “Please, sir! Make her back off! We don’t wanna die! Please! We’re not criminals, we swear!” Of course, he was lying through his teeth, but he thought that the admiral wouldn’t know that.

Unfortunately, Miguel did know that they were lying and simply ignored their pleas. Instead, he looked at his subordinates and observed them, waiting to see if they would beg for their lives like these two-faced cowards. Instead, even though he could feel the fear swell in their hearts, they remained quiet and steadfast, probably because they didn’t want to lose face in front of him.

Good.

”Going to kill a bunch of men just because they accidentally peeped on you? That seems a little excessive, Shichibukai.” Miguel remarked while still keeping his gaze off of her despite feeling her bloodlust in waves. ”And wasteful. They won’t learn anything if they’re dead.”

”Unfortunately, I cannot allow you to execute these men without seeing proof that they have committed a crime worth their heads. If your pride needs to be soothed, Shichibukai, there are other ways to do it without murdering them.” He paused for a second before pointing something out.

”After all, living is more painful than dying.”

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For a moment, Miguel actually thought that she saw his point. He was instantly proven wrong when she started laughing at what he said. What made it worse was that he knew that she was genuinely amused by his comments to the point that he couldn’t feel any bloodlust from her at all anymore. Her amusement was making the fingers on the shaft on his weapon twitch.

It said something about Miguel’s self-control that he didn’t give in to his urge to turn around and give the giantess the most venomous glare he could muster or even shove his guan dao into one of her eyes just to make her shut up during the entire duration of her laughter. Instead, the only outward manifestation of his increasing irritation was the very slight tightening of his grip upon his weapon’s wooden shaft. His only consolation was that he had endured far worse than mere mocking laughter this under the hands of his employers.

It was a relief when she finally calmed down and stopped laughing. However, he only got even more annoyed when the giantess opened her mouth again and called him human, of all things. Even worse, she followed it up by referring to him as… as… adorable?! Freakin’ adorable?! An eyebrow actually twitched at the word.

Forget the human comment, he could let that slide. He was used to people mistaking him for one whenever he hid his wings like he was doing right now. However… adorable?! That… that was just… just… wrong! Inaccurate! He stopped being adorable when he hit puberty years ago! He was a grown Shandian now, for heaven’s sake! He is awe-inspiring or intimidating or even scary, but never adorable! He wasn’t some sort of Blue Sea bird!

He was so indignant about that particular description that he almost didn’t hear something being tossed into the air. He didn’t know what it was since he still wasn’t looking at the giantess, but judging from the gawking looks that both his subordinates and the naked criminals gave it, it seemed to be interesting at the very least. Maybe it was that gold coin that the giantess was famous for using in her decisions?

Well, it soon got pushed to the back of Miguel’s mind when the giantess offered to let them all go if he could think of an apology and payment to soothe her wounded pride. While he was reluctant to save the criminals along with his squad, his honor demanded that he save these suspects from an unlawful execution.

Just how much was personal pride worth to a giant…? Miguel’s mind started to race with all of the possibilities, instinctively slipping half-way into Iaeiros in the process. From what he had heard and read about them, they were a prideful warrior race, especially those who came from Elbaf. From her general mannerisms and infamous incidents, it seemed that she seemed like one of those giants.

He was so deep into his musings that he didn’t notice the giantess’ finger approaching his face until it made contact with his chin, startling him out of his thoughts and making him actually blink in surprise. The finger was surprisingly gentle and there was no malice of any kind in the action, which was the only reason why he was able to suppress his urge to cut the finger off with his Sin Eater.

Miguel’s expression was still completely flat and indifferent when his face was turned towards a pair of enormous violet eyes set in an equally-large –as well as surprisingly beautiful- face. It remained that way even as she whispered one final term into his ear.

One try. Well, that was reassuring. He already had something in mind, but he wasn’t sure if it was enough. Though he didn’t know a giant’s pride, he knew all about a warrior’s pride. While he hid his true origins to everyone else, he was still a Shandian by birth and by nature even if they had cast him out years ago. Shandians were warriors through and through, and as such pride –or at least honor- was the main driving force in their lives.

Normally, combat or trial by ordeal was the normal way to go. However, there was also a good chance of insulting the giantess further if he went that route, which might enrage her and make her absolutely homicidal. It would be a waste if he would be forced to exterminate a valuable resource.

”If you value your pride as highly as I think you do, then words won’t be enough in expressing how sorry and remorse we all are for this mess.” Miguel stared directly into her eyes, unafraid. ”For this affront, only action will suffice.”

”So right here, right now, my men and I will do any three things you ask for as long as they are within the boundaries of the law. Tell a story, catch a sea king, or whatever else you wish.” He was going to hate doing this since it reminded him of his slave days, but he had to save his men because they were too valuable to lose. Oh, and those suspects too, he supposed.

He just hoped that he wouldn’t regret this.

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Despite her words, the minute the giantess lowered her head and closed her eyes Miguel knew that succeeded. Of course, he wasn’t expecting her to refuse such a generous offer, especially considering that refusal would inevitably lead them to a clash. Given the power levels involved, only the Shichibukai or himself will be able to walk out alive from this island under their own power. Come to think of it, the survival of the island itself should they ever come to blows was doubtful, so in the end a diplomatic solution was probably for the best.

His relief was threatened to be replaced by indignation yet again with her next words? Small adorable human?! It was bad enough that she was calling small and adorable, but now she pitied him too?! That was far more galling than any insult she could have hurled at him, but he didn’t let that get to him. He’ll have his chance to make her eat her words soon enough.

It was that last thought that enabled Miguel to stay relatively calm when she brought up the topic of shaving his head. While he was sure that his hair would grow back, it would be a pain to cut it in its exact manner again. Besides, he had an image to maintain as per his deal, and having his head shaved by a pirate –Shichibukai or not- would definitely stain it. Of course, the only other reason he stayed calm is because she didn’t suggest scarring him, because a scar from a giant was bound to be s

Compared to the shaving, the rest of the choices that the giantess voiced out didn’t faze Miguel in the least. Massages? The logistics would be difficult, but he could probably find a way. Smoked food? No problem. Exotic dances and stories? Easily taken care of by himself or his men. Public execution? Well… that was no problem since he’d have to veto that unless she can prove that the suspects committed a crime worthy of a public execution.

Miguel was already anticipating an outrageous request, so he was actually more surprised of her managing to make up her mind fairly quick without using her coin given her reputation than her requesting a statue. Sure, he was glad that it was something fairly benign, if not rather vain, but the quick decision was definitely attention-grabbing.

”Before I begin, is there any particular position or pose you would like to immortalize yourself in?” He resisted the urge to avert his eyes or blush and simply waited for her answer, because that would determine the type of ice formation he would use for immortalizing her image. Well, as immortalized as an ice statue could get in Hyokaido.

Eh, beggars can’t be choosers./div]

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Gold eyes simply watched and observed the giantess as she thought about his question. They continued staring dispassionately when she brought out the infamous coin, but they actually did blink when the coin actually managed to land on its side and partially sink into the snow, pretty much rendering the point of using it mute.

Well, it seems that even Fate itself can’t make up her mind…. While Miguel disliked the concept of fate and destiny and he was sure that this was going to make his task that much harder, he couldn’t help but find this a bit amusing.

It didn’t take more than a moment before she uttered the inevitable answer he was expecting. Well, at least she didn’t use the adjective adorable this time. Of course, now he had to deal with other problems. Namely, the logistics and scale of this entire thing.

”Very well.” Miguel turned around and gazed at as much of the area as he could by adjusting the light filtering into his eyes, looking for something to carve out a statue with at a reasonable distance from the hot spring.

It didn’t take him long before finding a large and rather conveniently-positioned hill near the one he had previously trekked on that was perfect for his purposes. Now he just had to envision the perfect image and posture for the statue. He may have been forced to do this, but he’d be damned if he didn’t churn out visual perfection. However, the only image of Valkyrie he had in his head was the naked one, and there was no way in the Blue Seas that he was going to use that image. He needed to envision clothing, but if she wore them right now the clothes would be soaked, pretty much making the point moot.

Miguel turned his gaze towards the enormous pieces of clothing, trying to think of a way to include them in the sculpture. A metaphorical light bulb flashed inside his head as an idea suddenly formed.

”Men, I want you to lay out the giantess’ clothing. Just the outer garments.” He paused for a moment before glancing at the suspects, some of whom had taken the opportunity to wear their clothes while he was negotiating with said giantess. ”You lot, go make yourselves useful and help my men.”

“Yes sir!” Despite the odd request, the Marines knew not to question their Admiral. He knew what he was doing… or at least they hoped he did.

The pirates though, were not so easily swayed. However, any protests about the ridiculous request that the pirates wanted to use died on their tongue when they saw Miguel’s hard gaze and remembered that he could just as easily left them to their fate. It was galling for them to obey a Marine, but right now they had no choice in the matter.

But that didn’t mean that they had to act like they liked it. “…Fine. Come on lads! Let’s stretch ‘em out! Chop chop!”

While he waited for the clothing to laid out flat, he stared speculatively at the giantess and memorized her proportions and features to the best of his ability while making sure that his gaze and expression remained as neutral as possible. Once he was sure that he had a good mental picture of her body and an idea of the range of motion she had with it –he made sure to squash every perverted thought that came into mind at that- he held up a finger in front of him and made an extremely detailed three-dimensional model of the giantess’ naked body from light.

One down. Miguel remarked to himself dryly as he continued to watch the pirates and Marines work together in stretching out clothing, grunting and muttering the entire way. More to go.

Surprisingly, it didn’t take long before they were able to lay out the giantess’ outer garments. The suspects and his Marine squad made a surprisingly good team when they were motivated. It was too bad that the suspects were most likely criminals of some sort. Oh well, what a waste. At least now he knew what her clothes looked like.

With the image of their clothes and an inkling of their quality in mind, Miguel’s mind immediately started to visualize how the giantess would look in her clothes and her hair in a ponytail. He had a lot of practice with this, so it was easy for him to imagine her fully clothed and armed in his mind’s eye. Once the image was clear, he quickly modified the model to match the image in his mind.

When that was done, he then started to move the image around in his mind based form what little he’d seen from the giantess, while the 3D figure started moving along as well. However, the miniature Shichibukai suddenly halted her movements as her creator was interrupted from his thoughts by her real-life version’s second suggestion.

Miguel was understandably horrified, but he didn’t let it show. ”Are you sure you want to waste your wish on that?” He kept his tone steady as he turned towards her again, not letting his irritation or his anxiousness seep into his tone.

”There must be something else that you want more than that.” Miguel muttered as he resumed moving the miniature version of the Shichibukai, trying to find the right pose for the statue. ”Think about it.”

He glanced over to his miniature model and made it move for a few more moments before finding a suitably dignified and awe-inspiring pose. Perfect. He let the figure float away from finger and move towards the side while in the same pose. Now all he needed to do was carve out a hill looking exactly like that.

”You still have time to change your second wish while I carve out that statue.” Miguel subtly prodded, hoping that she would change it because he really didn’t want to go bald… or be on the business end of a katana that huge at all. ”Maybe you’ll see something that might change your mind.”

With that said, he turned towards his men, who had finally crawled out from underneath the giantess’ clothing. ”Lieutenant.”

“Yes Boss?” Gragtar stopped staring stupidly at the miniature giantess the boss made like the rest of the suspects and Marines were and turned towards the Admiral.

”Hold my coat. Make sure no damage comes to it.” Miguel ordered while taking off his Marine’s Justice coat and tossing it towards the Greenskin, who caught it with ease.

“Yes Boss! Yer coat won’t be ‘armed on our watch!” Gragtar and some other people of his squad held the Justice Coat reverently while watching their boss flex his silver wings.

Unlike the Marines, the pirates were openly gaping at the silver wings emerging from the Admiral’s back. Wings that were flexing and moving. “Holy crap, those rumors were true! He really is an angel!”

“Or a frea-“ That unfortunate pirate didn’t manage to finish his sentence when he found several pointy weapons and guns shoved into his face.

“Just try it.” A humanoid wolf holding a nasty-looking serrated blade snarled. “Let’s see what happens to you.” The pirate mimed zipping his mouth shut before covering it.

Miguel ignored the comments and the stares and simply let his wings transform to full size, relishing in the feeling of relief and freedom that came along with it, as well as ignoring the second round of shock that the suspects were feeling. With a mighty flap of his now-massive silver wings, he shot up into the air and started flying towards the hill he had just seen, with the miniature model floating alongside him at the same speed despite not being attached to anything on him visibly.

Time to get to work.

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