Driftmetal
“In a streamboat, the only way you’ll ever fall out of the sky is if you lose your driftmetal runners. You’re more likely to get an unwanted dose of ‘up’ than one of down. An airship, on the other hand, is just a big bubble. And bubbles can be popped.
In my capsule at the fore, I hunkered down over the controls of The Secant’s Clarity as we rose toward Pyras’s protective cloaking field. Through the wide glass panes that Chaz had assured me were unbreakable, I could see out from the belly of the ...beast in every direction but behind me. The crowds below were sending us a deafening farewell. Far above the nearflow’s dark maelstrom, a pure blue sky awaited us.
Chaz had suggested we each take a section of the controls to divide up the work, but that could wait until we hit clearer skies. He’d designed the ship so a single person could control everything from one seat in case the need arose. Since my reflexes were faster, and since I didn’t have the patience to shout out my orders and wait for them to be followed, I decided I’d shoulder the burden myself.MoreLess
In my capsule at the fore, I hunkered down over the controls of The Secant’s Clarity as we rose toward Pyras’s protective cloaking field. Through the wide glass panes that Chaz had assured me were unbreakable, I could see out from the belly of the ...beast in every direction but behind me. The crowds below were sending us a deafening farewell. Far above the nearflow’s dark maelstrom, a pure blue sky awaited us.
Chaz had suggested we each take a section of the controls to divide up the work, but that could wait until we hit clearer skies. He’d designed the ship so a single person could control everything from one seat in case the need arose. Since my reflexes were faster, and since I didn’t have the patience to shout out my orders and wait for them to be followed, I decided I’d shoulder the burden myself.MoreLess
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