Zaid couldn't fly. Somehow that seemed very silly to Amery, that a creature born with wings either couldn't or didn't know how to use them. Then again, he didn't know how to swim, himself, so he supposed that it wasn't really that far-fetched of an idea.

"You...can't fly. Forgive me if this seems rude, but isn't learning to fly an instinctive sort of thing?"