[Places to be, heatstroke to avoid. At least it keeps a breeze going. Honestly with the way the kids are being jounced around maybe he SHOULD have checked for seatbelts.
..Oh well.]
Every plant can fly, once they learn. And once they have the freedom to try.
[A whole lot of bulbed plants never got the chance to do that. But can he himself fly? There's a pause for a long, loong moment.]
I can't anymore, but I used to, and I remember how. There's a lot of downsides to getting old. Don't worry if you can't make feathers just like someone else's. I couldn't, not exactly.
[He drums his fingertips briefly against the steering wheel. Even a little knife to demonstrate wasn't something he could do now.] They always came out more like metal and blades, not nice soft fluff, but it still worked. Some of our kin have wings more like a worm's, or even some like flowers and vines. It doesn't seem to matter what they're made of.
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..Oh well.]
Every plant can fly, once they learn. And once they have the freedom to try.
[A whole lot of bulbed plants never got the chance to do that. But can he himself fly? There's a pause for a long, loong moment.]
I can't anymore, but I used to, and I remember how. There's a lot of downsides to getting old. Don't worry if you can't make feathers just like someone else's. I couldn't, not exactly.
[He drums his fingertips briefly against the steering wheel. Even a little knife to demonstrate wasn't something he could do now.] They always came out more like metal and blades, not nice soft fluff, but it still worked. Some of our kin have wings more like a worm's, or even some like flowers and vines. It doesn't seem to matter what they're made of.