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[Continuing to descend, he did a few more flips before finally pulling the cord on his parachute, and the chute catching the wind slowly his fall.]

[Not long after Bridge deployed his chute Daniel did the same, hooking a claw through the loop of the ripcord's pull and giving it a yank. The chute flared up above him and opened up wide, the wind rustling gentler around him now as his fall slowed down.]

[With their fall slowing, it was a gentle ride back down to earth. Pretty soon he touched down, and glanced up as Daniel landed as well.]

[Once recovering from the landing he looked up at Bridge, laughing a little giddily in the leftover adrenaline.]

Okay. That was pretty great.

See? Told you it's fun.

Yeah, it was.

[The ground crew came up to help them shrug out of the gear, which was a little more difficult in Daniel's case, but doable.]

I still don't know how you talked me into it, but I'm glad you did.

I didn't really say all that much, man. It was pretty much, "Hey you wanna do a thing?", "Yeah, let's do the thing."

Saying yes was on you.

[He gave him a good-natured punch in the shoulder.]

It's true but that doesn't mean you have to say it.

[He snickers.]

I think we both know that I do.

[He rolled his eyes and shook his head.]

Yeah, yeah.

So, home?

Unless you wanna go again.

[He looked at his hands, which still remained locked in the transformation. Then he snickered lightly, looking up at Bridge.]

Yeah, I guess one more jump couldn't hurt.

[With a grin, he nodded.]

All right! Let's go!

[He nodded and grinned, talking to the crew with Bridge and going back up. The second jump went just as well as the first, though they both decided two was enough and headed back to Bridge's place afterward.

The only problem was, Daniel couldn't get rid of the damn wings. The feathery change had made the actual skydives that much more enjoyable, but now it was a nuisance for multiple reasons.]

Have you tried concentrating on your regular form?

[Bridge had some experience with transformations, though his was either forced (like when he hit the water) or just a certain aspect (like his wings), so something like this wasn't as familiar to him.]

You say that like I haven't been trying. Or like you haven't gotten locked before.

[He did the "chicken wing" motion which, considering his predicament, looked pretty spot on.]

I might have to call my uncle if this doesn't go away soon.

[Not that he sounded excited about that.]

I was just wondering. But yeah, it can be hard to change back, especially if changing in the first place was out of your control.

What did cause the transformation in the first place?