"Lyra?" Kaelen gasped, coughing in the rising fog. He was trapped under a heavy slab of obsidian.
Lyra ignored them. She unfurled her crystal wings. They felt heavy, a burden she had carried her entire life. But as she stared into the chasm, she realized something. The feathers of the others caught the wind like sails, making them helpless against the violent, swirling drafts. Her wings had no surface area to catch the wind—the air would pass right through the gaps of the crystal lattices, and the weight would give her the ballast she needed to drop straight through the storm. She didn't jump to fly. She jumped to fall. Alas de Cristal - Carol S. Brown.epub
"The wind in this chasm is violent," Lyra said, her voice ringing with a newfound confidence. "Your feathers will act as our parachute. My weight will keep us from being smashed against the walls. Together, we can ride the updraft out." She unfurled her crystal wings
Her wings erupted in a blinding, breathtaking display of pure, radiant light. The scars and fractures from her ordeal didn't look like damage anymore; they looked like brilliant facets of a diamond, scattering golden light across the dark valley. The feathers of the others caught the wind