The deal has been made. Their feathers touched together and sealed it. Matthias grin shown brighter for just a moment. 'Where would we be meeting for lessons?' He'd ponder this for a moment, lips pressed together as he looked out over the horizon. Learning flight here was a dangerous occasion, but they could probably do it more at ground level. Plus, there was plenty of shelter under the trees, and fresh flowing water from the waterfall, "Here is good. But not here here. Down there," he decided, motioning towards the base of the bluffs, where the terrain was a bit more open, "We'll walk," and so, the lion would begin to make his way down the mountains, expecting Malachi to follow.
"A den here isn't actually a bad idea," it wasn't good for him and Roxanne to be in the same den for long. But he also didn't like the idea of someone knowing where he lives - only because Roxanne lived with him too. But it would also make any future transactions easier if people knew where to find him. Hmm. He decided to put a pin in it, "Alright, your wings have probably atrophied a bit from lack of use. You're definitely not going to fly immediately. So your first lesson, in the interest of not having you fall and die immediately, is to stretch out your wings. Like this," he would do several different movements with his wings. Flapping just the outer digits of the wings, then the outer and middle, then the whole wing. Lifting the wings up as high as they could go. Stretching them forward, stretching them back, "Then, once you've done that, I want you to try and take flight from standing. Just try to hover in the air - don't actually go anywhere," He'd watch Malachi to see what he would do. Nevermind that taking flight without any momentum is actually harder; he just wanted to see how much natural intuition the boy has. What kind of skill level he's working with.