Humans are NUTS! This one bought something called a hang-glider. Are they jumping off that massive cliff with that thing? This is CRAZY! Thank the powers I have wings and can at least follow! -- Anon Guest
Humans cannot fly on their own. This is known. This does not, however, stop them from slipping the surly bonds of gravity by any other means.
This one was a giant kite. Aluminium tubes, brightly-coloured silk, and very little else. There was a sling attached to the frame that looked big enough for a passenger. But there was only one Human there to put it together.
"Who do you anticipate riding with you?" asked Companion Oyd, craning her neck to watch Human Sens test the last couplings. The manic smile of the Human should have explained it all.
"This is just for me, Tweedle Dee." And then ze lifted up the kite by the bar underneath it, and ran off the cliff whilst hanging tight.
Companion Oyd took wing after hir, witnessing in growing concern how the Human put hir legs into the sling. The kite was large enough to use the air to hold Human Sens aloft. Riding the thermals and looking down on the world.
Oyd rode the thermals with hir, still stunned that her Human was both able and willing to do this. She had to shout above the rushing air, "You're insane, you know that? How did you know this would work?"
Human Sens cackled at that. "We've been doing this for thousands of years," ze crowed. "Since before the Shattering, even. We even have formalised math about it."
Of course they did. Of course they did. Humans were already semi-amphibious mammals. Naturally, they'd want to add another environment to their tally.
Humans truly were insane. But they were always fun to hang around with.
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