If he was monitoring her heart rate, he'd definitely notice a spike. Carrie loved this, even lived for this sort of thing. That didn't mean it wasn't scary. "Kay. Here goes." She took a very deep breath and then, without much warning, took off at a run.
She went over the edge, easily. For a moment, Carrie felt like she was sailing. It was a peaceful feeling, just falling like this. And then, her brain kicked in. There was a moment of blind panic that always accompanied a fall and then she did as Doug had instructed, touching her thumbs. The wings protruded and Carrie held her arms out to catch a breeze.
This was the first time she'd done anything like this. Because of this, she moved jerkily through the air. "Oh shit oh shit." She was doing it. And then she moved the wrong way, lost the wind and started to fall. "Crap." She sounded surprisingly calm. Within a few seconds, the wings were gone and Carrie was pointing her wrist at a building. She caught herself with a line and breathed out shakily. Hanging off the side of a building, she laughed. "That could have gone a little better."