[Ikki is still, eyes locked with Kaneda's across the halflit street and gusting winds. The gales shriek, buffeting the other teen, as if in response to the Sky King's surge of anger at the open defiance. And for a moment, Kaneda might see a flash of something enormous behind Ikki, a monster of pure malice, metal wings and blades stretching out and up into the sky.
Then Ikki lowers his hands, the winds don't so much still as escape, blasting every possible way into the freedom of the sky. The barrier between them is gone.]
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Then Ikki lowers his hands, the winds don't so much still as escape, blasting every possible way into the freedom of the sky. The barrier between them is gone.]