He nodded, unslinging his bag and tucking it into the crook of a branch, rising carefully, using the branch above to help balance, wings shifting ad furling as the wind changed direction.
He scooped her up into what was almost a bridal carry, "Hold on." He snapped his wings open as he dropped from the branch, flapping hard once, toes almost skimming the ground before he got lift, circling once, grinning at the wind.