[Using his wing to shield his eyes just barely saves Soma from being blinded as well. When he feels her slight weight on his back, he lets out a directed hypersonic chirp - directed at the punks, to further disorient them - and takes wing, slowly, to keep from dislodging his passenger. So slowly, in fact, that it can't be anything other than magic bearing him up. No way his wings are generating enough lift steadily enough for this.
Once they've reached a height where he can reasonably let the wind and his wings take over though, he goes over to true flight, and the ride gets a tiny bit less stable. His flightpath is predictable - he's seen where Ana and Satsuki live often enough to find it even at this altitude - and quite soon, he's landing in the yard outside their apartment building. He even holds a wing out to act as a ramp for her to descend.]
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Once they've reached a height where he can reasonably let the wind and his wings take over though, he goes over to true flight, and the ride gets a tiny bit less stable. His flightpath is predictable - he's seen where Ana and Satsuki live often enough to find it even at this altitude - and quite soon, he's landing in the yard outside their apartment building. He even holds a wing out to act as a ramp for her to descend.]