The wind arrived before she did.
Raven felt it first—a shift in air pressure that made her Thunder affinity respond with instinctive recognition of power. She stood in the Academy's central courtyard, reviewing security reports with Professor Aldric, when the atmospheric change became impossible to ignore.
Then she appeared, descending from the sky like an angel of wind and violence.
Syra Descartes didn't walk into the Academy. She flew, her S+ Wind affinity manifesting as Aerial Mode—the only documented Form variation of wind manipulation in recorded history. Her greenish-white hair whipped around her face in currents that defied natural aerodynamics, and her green eyes scanned the courtyard with predatory focus until they locked onto their target.
