Tears of the Dragon
“If he had needed only the ability of flight, she had seen that he could achieve that merely by producing wings at will, so she could only consider his shift from man to fearsome beast as premeditated and for that purpose alone.
It had worked, but she was not so spineless as to allow him to know. In any case, he had grabbed her up and taken flight without so much as a ‘by your leave’ and it had taken her quite some time to adapt to the sensation.
She had witnessed the acrobatics of a biplane on ...several occasions--it was 1920 after all and everyone seemed convinced by now that airplanes were the future of transport--but she had certainly not been foolhardy enough to climb into one--if man had been intended to fly, he would have been born with wings--and had never anticipated the possibility, or desire, of doing so. To find herself suddenly whisked into the sky had been a traumatizing experience, and she wasn’t altogether certain but what the long term effects upon a person’s health would prove to be detrimental.MoreLess
It had worked, but she was not so spineless as to allow him to know. In any case, he had grabbed her up and taken flight without so much as a ‘by your leave’ and it had taken her quite some time to adapt to the sensation.
She had witnessed the acrobatics of a biplane on ...several occasions--it was 1920 after all and everyone seemed convinced by now that airplanes were the future of transport--but she had certainly not been foolhardy enough to climb into one--if man had been intended to fly, he would have been born with wings--and had never anticipated the possibility, or desire, of doing so. To find herself suddenly whisked into the sky had been a traumatizing experience, and she wasn’t altogether certain but what the long term effects upon a person’s health would prove to be detrimental.MoreLess
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