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<span class="mu-i">"I was lenient with it before, but I mean it! No free rides. You'll have to earn the climb too, and don't even think about trying to cheat by flying with those wings!"</span> Korin follows up, directed primarily at the poor fairy. You can see her sniffle as she falls, and you think you heard something about hating hard work, but you merely wish her good luck with your telepathy and resume your climb after the momentary interruption. It'll be better for her if she does get physical training like this in, after all...
In barely any time at all, you flip yourself up past Korin's home and give him a wave as you soar past. With a quick application of the air-step, you redirect yourself towards the top of his tower, where you can see exactly what Baba's notes described: the Power Pole. It's embedded in some kind of receptacle clearly built just for it, so you and Barbar step forward to grab it near the top and focus your intent into it just as the instructions told you to: You will it to extend up until it hits something. Without any hesitation at all, it starts to lengthen at an incredible rate, propelling the two of you up even further into the sky.
Just a few moments before it would have felt impossible to breathe from how thin the atmosphere was, it breached some particularly high cloud cover and slides into place into a receptacle at the bottom of your destination - Kami's lookout, which from your perspective right now is a brightly painted half-sphere simply floating in the air, with a ladder built into it that you can use to make your way to the top. You and Barbar nod at each other and start to ascend it properly, noticing that the air is actually getting EASIER to breathe as you approach the surface of the lookout. Once you climb atop it, you're greeted with the sight of a beautiful and well-kept garden...although you can't say you expected palm trees in a place like this.
While the both of you look around the grounds in amazement, a voice speaks up from directly behind you. "Forgive me for not greeting you right away. I didn't notice that we had visitors, as my focus was on gardening." It says, causing the two of you to whirl around to see who it belongs to. The voice's owner is a rather portly looking man with jet-black skin, wide-open eyes that remind you of Spreen's, cherry red lips, and a rather exotic looking outfit. Plus a watering can, of course!
"Ah, no! Forgive us for not announcing ourselves, we were too busy admiring your work!" You reply, bowing your upper body immediately with Barbar following suit after a delay. The black man chuckles, before bowing in return, clearly pleased with your manners.
"That's quite fine, we love to have visitors. It's been quite a while since we've had anyone able to make it up here. You can call me Mr. Popo, I'm Kami's attendant." He introduces himself, and you take the opportunity to introduce yourselves as well.
