Rosa
*After Juna... Well, got on the bird anyway, and she herself wobbling back to a stable position on her horse, Ehakli rose her chin in an unexpected tingling of pride, despite the unfortunately prone position the canifor assumed upon the airstrider. As she gave a small little wave to the departing Juna, she couldn't help but feel some stroke of contentment that she had made the attempt at all. It was then the Tholian considered perhaps her strange interest in the fate of this girl spawned from a sort of curiosity of how someone so timid and full of doubt managed to survive alone in the harsh wilderness at all. Well, no matter, such thoughts into curiosities would have to wait. Stifling the threat of laughter, she called out.* "Do not worry, Miss Juna, just hang on...!" *Stifling a threat of laughter, Ehakli gave a gentle kick with her heels upon the flanks of her horse, and began trotting after them.*

*The horse, a courser bestowed of the name 'Dunkhi', went into his own thoughts as he was guided to catch up to the bird and beastfolk. While the articulation of language was beyond him to put his thoughts into words, he considered his pride as a warhorse, of his bravery and steadfastness, bred from strong stock, capable of the resolve to turn the tides of wars as an equine hero, but this? What great epics would be written of this moment that would encourage the bipedal weaklings to offer him apples and squares of that strange, intoxicatingly sweet white substance? A prison, this was, bars forged of invisible humiliation. Damn the elves, damn all the bipeds.*

*As Ehakli caught up, pulling the reigns to turn to match direction with this seemingly aimless airstrider, she gave Juna a sympathetic, if humored, expression before freeing a hand to retrieve the fastened banner pole, tucking it tightly in her elbow, and bracing it at her lap as she guided its reach over to the canifor.* "Here, grab on, let's get you upright!" *She called over the clopping din.*
Michelle
*Seeing Ehakli wave to her rather than immediately helping, a quiet whine found itself escaping the throat of the stuck Canifor. Her pupils constricted ever so slightly before she'd suddenly try to pull herself up in her own futile attempts. It only served to make the bird hobble more which in turn forced Juna to stop unless she'd rather drop off the side of the bird again.

Soon enough, she'd see Ehakli approach her upon the horse, her position forcing her to have to look up to meet the Elf's gaze. She saw the Elf reach down to her to which she wouldn't hesitate for a second before she'd suddenly grab her hand in a panic, her unsheathing claws threatening to break skin in her attempts at freeing her from an impending drop. 

She'd use Ehakli to pull her up, dragging her down more than she intended to with her unused strength as she'd finally got herself into a normal sitting position. The Canifor wouldn't let go of the Elf after, too flabbergasted in the bird moving on its own without her having much control of where it was going. Albeit, she was going pretty slow, but in the inexperienced Canifor's eyes, it felt a whole lot faster.*
Rosa
*Ehakli tried her best to both try to keep stable on her own mount, and power through the wincing of claws on her skin.* "Easy now, Miss Juna, easy, you're getting there- jkch!- just fine...!" *When the canifor got into an upright position, the elf just let her hang on for a bit, though it came with much awkward leaning on her part, trying to keep the horse and airstrider from colliding their flanks and driving one to suddenly change direction.* "See now, not so impossible after all."

*She left it like this for a bit of time, letting the poor girl get comfortable with being on the creature's back at all, but this was certainly no way to ride, and the tholian became acutely aware of each bump in this position was gradually teetering her to slip off her saddle. So, she maneuvered the wooden pole she had tucked in her arm, and passed one end of it to get into a crook of her other arm, pointing its length across her belly, and began the other end of it on Juna's belly.* "Here dear, as much as enjoy your adorable embrace, try using this to hold onto. I'll keep holding the other end. We'll be as the yolk of a two horse carriage, see?" *She gave a reassuring smile, moments before being lightly smacked in the face by the leaves of a hanging branch.*

*She spat out a pieces of foilage* "It'll help us focus on what's ahead too, I imagine."
Michelle
*Juna would be hesitant to let go of Ehakli's arm as she would feel the constant bobbing of the Airstrider, each movement daring to cause her to slip right between the two steeds and get trampled in the process. Juna would notice the pole Ehakli would try to move across them, her claws sliding out further in mild panic as if she half expected the pole to be enough to cause her to fly off. Only then would Ehakli's words reach her, causing her ears to move where the rest of Juna's body refused to. Very slowly, she'd retract one of her hands to place it on the pole, soon allowing the other to follow after a few moments of feeling balanced enough to let go. There was some added relief in the change in posture and now Juna had something she could properly cling to even if it did feel less stable than the Elf. At least Juniper seemed to be going with it just fine.*

"You won't let go of it right...?"*She'd ask Ehaki, half suspecting her hold on the pole was the one thing not throwing Juna off of balance as she'd find herself having to constantly duck down to avoid the lower hanging branches. What she would give to not be in the middle of the forest right now with all these obstacles. The very thought of her own bird falling over with her on top of it was enough to cause her fur to fluff up in anxiety.*
Rosa
*Ehakli let out a small breath of relief as Juna managed herself to sit upright. They'd still have to ride close of course, and she would have to try her best to pull the reins with a good grip of the pole between them to help guide the animals to not let a tree pass between them and knock both she and Juna rather shockingly off their mounts from their centers of gravity.*

"Not until you're ready, dear. You should be thanking Juniper for keeping an easy pace for you. Try to let yourself relax, get used to the feeling." *The elf simply busied herself concentrating on keeping the formation together.*

*However eventually, a thought struck her mind.* "Let's try to cover a simple stretch of ground, I don't think the others should be terribly far away..." *Carrying her loop of the rein just on her thumb, she made some gestures, and seemed to be wording something in her mouth that sounded... More technical than magical, like someone reading off a set of rules. Then, in the distance, a cowbell began to ring.* "Ah, there he is. Let's see if we can ride to that sound."
Michelle
"Thank you... Juniper..."*She'd murmur shakily. Her claws found themselves scratching at the pole she held in not being able to get herself to involuntarily sheathe them again. At least it was better than Ehakli's arm or Juniper herself which was enough to leave Juna distracted by it while she listened to Ehakli speak to her.

In the light bobbing of the bird, Juna found herself allowing her fur to lie flat again in her growing used to the rhythm. Only when a bell suddenly rang out in the distance, would her ears shoot up in attention growing more tense in the noise sounding much louder in her ears.*"What's with the bells-"*She'd yelp back. Part of her found it hard to have to constantly hear the ringing especially after the first skeleton. At this point, Juna was worried that if it didn't scare her bird then it would definitely scare off the rest of the prey that roamed out here.*
Rosa
*Ehakli grinned as Juna really did thank the bird. Funny as it was, it probably would help in some way to talk to the creature so familiar to her through all this. She tried to ignore the scratching of pole. Maybe she could work them into some carving project next time she's tediously bored making camp along the road. She gave a simple shrug when asked of the bells.* "I wasn't certain how I'd find you again, our last encounter was just happenstance on the path off the main road. So I bought a few bells from a merchant I made wayrest with along the way, some junk peddler from some hamlet outside the capitol south of here I've never heard of that must have popped up over the last century. Anyway, I summoned a few old dearheats, draped them in some spare linens I use for Dunkhi here, and sent them off in three different directions on Contract that should they find a canifor, and upon seeing one, start ringing their bell. The linens were in hopes you'd remember my banner, I didn't want to frighten you you see." 

*She laughed.* "And it worked rather marvelously, hadn't it? Look at you now, your hair isn't standing on end anymore. Anyway, I have them each ringing their bells now, why don't you try using the pole as leverage and try guiding dear Juniper with your knees towards one of the bells? I'll hold my end of the pole with a hand on the reigns just in case."