She grimaces as, one hand on each cable, she takes the weight. It's fine. Then, the tricky part isn't reeling both in simultaneously with the weight of two people, it's doing so smoothly. He can probably feel the tremor as they rise, and if he flaps his wings, it's not going to help.

-no, wait. The tricky part is when she's almost at the opening and he's not too far from her, and she has to get a very firm grip on the cables. "I'm going to try and arc you up," she says. "Ready?"