"This way is no good," she decides. You're not stopping her, Slaine, because she's determined to bestow upon you the gift of flight. She backs off, and instead opts to scoop him up from the backs of his knees instead of his wrist. She meets with better success, but her arms tremble...

"There...! Heehee, Slaine... I can pick you up!" she crows on a voice strained by effort.