Beams split, lashings snapped, spars splintered and sprang skyward.
Then the wings struck boldly downward, and the great eagle that was Genna Moonsinger sprang into the air and climbed steadily skyward.
In moments, Dainyl was in the rear saddle and harness, and the pteridon sprang skyward, wings propelling it seaward into the wind.
Inadvertently looking down, he saw the ground moving away from him as Lioth sprang skyward.
Seconds after the impact, dust and smoke sprang skyward in a great, flat-topped pillar that hid and smothered the sea of ions.
The soil was rich and the grass grew tall and thick and the trees, which sprang skyward from groves along the watercourses, were straight and towered high into the sky.
Where their mighty be smote, smoke sprang skyward.
Shining and exultant, he leaped in after it and the bubble sprang away skyward.
The two Cadmian officers watched as the pteridon spread its wings and sprang skyward.