He laughed. "It does sound very nice when you put it like that." He kissed her back.

He paused for a moment, working a bit of tricky magic that would temporarily make their combined weight light enough. It was more effort than it was worth normally, but he wanted to make the point.

Then with his arms tight around her, he took off.

"It's quite fun," he remarked after a moment. "Just not having to worry at all."