> "I'm certainly going to try not breaking anything. This wasn't cheap or easy to make!"
> Spend some time focusing on riding the wind to speed up (though not to the exclusion of small talk if someone wants to do that).
>You return your effort to piloting.
>The winds are difficult to get a feel for, they don't seem to be connected to anything you can discern at the moment. But there do seem to be something like patterns to them. After awhile, you get reasonably good at finding that pattern and you manage to make some extra headway. Koa complains, of course, as you have to tack the ship this way and that to do it, but you manage to convince her it's working. You're sure it's working...
>The day goes by slowly but smoothly. Aoi keeps you updated on how the engines are doing, while Koa keeps an eye on the wings at least some of the time; pacing around and playing with her cards at other times, and just having a midday nap at one point. Aoi has a break to make lunch at one point, a delightful cucumber-heavy stir fry that even Koa ultimately enjoys. Which is good, as there are leftovers for supper.
>The sky grows darker as you leave Gensokyo further and further behind. Never getting quite nightlike, but more and more dusky. The stars shine more brightly, and you can see the Sake River up ahead. With luck, you might be able to hit it by "evening"; as much as that measurement means anything here; if you keep at it. Maybe later than that.
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