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Bennett stood a couple steps behind the outrider, nervous about the whole ordeal. Amber ushered him forward a bit as she held up a wooden glider, "I've brought you here today so that we can test your gliding skills!"
The adventurer shuffled closer hesitantly, "Okay... But why on Starsnatch Cliff? Isn't this just..a bit high?"
Amber giggled a bit and thrusted the glider into Bennett's chest, "Well, as my favourite storybook said, 'To have courage is to spread your wings and be unafraid of what may come'."
The young male began strapping the glider to his back, using all his strength to make it as tight as possible. "Right.."
The outrider patted his shoulder in a calming notion to ease his nerves, "I'm sure nothing bad will happen to you. Besides, I – Outrider Amber, Proffessional Gliding Champion of Mondstadt – am here, and I promise I'll do everything in my power to keep you safe."
With the female's reassurance, Bennett felt his anxiousness ebb away slightly. The sudden emptiness was replaced by confidence. Maybe he became too confident, but nothing could stop him once Amber gave the greenlight to start gliding.
Of course, everything then went downhill from there. Blame it on the cockiness, but when he began plummeting downwards off the cliffside, he only felt determination. Bennett knew that the wind god would catch him, but why was it taking so long....?
It was only when he heard a snap from behind him and a cry that the panic truly set in. The broken wing of the glider zoomed past him, and he let out a shriek of his own as his head met the rocks below; his vision faded into black, but not before he saw two figures running towards his aching form. Bennett's eyes closed.