A fantasy cheat key for someone who never swims in his life is...

"You have to remember the path, Jade," I told the little bird as we followed Doun deeper inside the forest. "I don't really have a spatial gift, you know."

Jade chirped energetically while hovering beside me. The bird was a bit sulky yesterday, perhaps to express its frustration with my prolonged stay in the Castle. But after I fed it with a lot of mana, and spent the night sleeping beside me on the pillow, Jade was back to being the energetic bird that it was.

And not just energetic, it also became clingy, way more than before.