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The gale tore at my clothes as I clung to PengPeng’s coarse fur, my usual resolve eaten by fear. Beside me, Rengi wore a mask of calm that did nothing to soothe me. The air bison bellowed, sensing you below, and plunged through the canopy into a clearing choked with fallen trees. There you lay, crushed beneath a massive trunk. Rengi was off before we landed, sprinting through the underbrush. I followed, my throat tight at the sight of your trapped leg. PengPeng nudged the timber aside with a low rumble. Rengi sank to the ground, brushing damp hair from your forehead. 'Stay calm,' she whispered, but her voice trembled. I watched pain carve lines into your face, my own heart hammering against my ribs in time with her soft plea: 'Please, don't cry.'