Nani nodded firmly. "Right. Okay then."
She spread her wings carefully, rolling her shoulders back, feeling the newness of the strength in those muscles. She took a few steps back, then started jogging down the slope, picking up speed gradually until when she hit the middle of the hill's incline she was nearly sprinting.
Then she jumped, beating her wings downward sharply--and she was flying.
It was much different that long "hops", like she'd employed in their trial by combat, or catching the wind to glide further distances. She could feel the strength in her wings scooping and molding the air beneath them, and it took a few moments before she figured out how to angle her body properly.
She only flew to the base of the hill, then dropped down for a stumbling landing, but she was laughing. The first proper laugh she'd had in a while.