"What if I fall?"
Gabriel looked down at the little nugget clutching at his leg, eyes watering with fear as she met his gaze head on, her fearlessness seemed to cover all but learning an angels most important method of transportation.
Listening to her cries as her wings came in broke all of their hearts, and now it was time to teach her how to use them, and it made his grace dim slightly at the fear that shined in those normally bright eyes.
"Then I'll catch you."
"But what if you miss? You're not as young as you used to be!"
He narrowed his eyes, "Did you just call me old?", she finally cracked a small smile and gave a nervous little giggle, hardly the fledgling he knew, and he set his hand on her head in a comforting way, "If I happen to miss you if you fall then Raph will make you all better again and give me one of his longwinded lectures."
"They are really boring."
"I'm so telling him you said that."
The Messenger swooped her up into his arms, spreading his own magnificent golden wings out in the breeze, she watched him stretch and copied him, spreading her own little starry wings just like he had. He smiled at her mimicking and lowered his wings, watching as she copied him.
"Can you feel the breeze in your little wings?"
Their fledgling nodded watching her dark feathers rustle in the breeze. Gabriel set her on her feet and took both of her hands in his, "Now do as I do."