Even now, resting on this perch was hardly much rest at all, upside-down as she was and with her breathing constrained by the buckle that allowed her legs opportunity to recover. And she had to stay there for some time yet more, only then to sneak back out the way she came. Certainly, Ebonshield had tools -- such as the padded horseshoes she now wore to silence her hooves, and the special brushes affixed to her leading wing-arms to muffle their noise, and these did help. But, as gymnastically-inclined as they were, this maneuver was still well beyond the physical capabilities of her young students. 