The bird didn't argue, simply flying from branch to branch, making sure that Valla followed as best she could.  Tommy was semi-lucid, making a smart comment here or there about floating or when a branch hit him.  He wasn't doing to it to be mean, but rather, in his own way, make things better.  When she looked at him, he smiled, even though it lasted only a few half-seconds after she looked away again.  He knew he was in trouble, but he wasn't going to tell her any of that.<br/><br/>She made it back to the edge of the camp just as the second levitate spell began to wear off, Tommy slipping to the ground.  He took another deep breath and smiled at Valla again, only then reaching to make sure she had his rapier as well.  Wrapping his fingers gently around the blade, he let a long exhale escape from his lips as he waited - there was nothing he could do more than that anyway.