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[foolishwren]

<sub>[CLOUDS ABOVE. WATER BELOW. That's what Heather is seeing when she briefly flicks on the audio feed.]

[After spending a whole lot of time trying to ensure through various means that she wouldn't meet an uncertain death trying to fly, enough time had passed and Heather couldn't hold back that classic Mason mother-hen desire to have all the eggs in one place at the same time anymore.]

[In hindsight, though, informing the two she'd gotten on the bird to actually GO SEE that she'd left... AFTER she left, was a bit of a bad decision. Turns out the roaring wind is pretty damn loud when you're that high. She has to raise her voice to be heard.]</sub>

Angela. Lisa!

Sorry for the wait. M'finally on my way.

_{[A pause, punctuated by the whistling wind.]}

... Aaaand it'd be good if you could both tell me where you are, too. Prooobably should've asked that before I left.

_{[But THAT ASIDE... the video feed flicks on then, showing off a vast expanse of blue water below and fluffy clouds above, with Sunny's downy ear-tufts fluttering down towards the bottom of the screen.]}

I take back any misgivings I might've had about flying before.

This... is pretty awesome.

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[newberktown]

[Hiccup doesn't sound quite as upbeat as last time you were so very high in the sky (or, well, not so much), but there's the tiniest hint of a smile beneath all that groggy voice. He just woke up from the longest nap ever a little while ago.]

I could'a told you that...

[Sigh, flying... =c]

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[foolishwren]

_{[Oh, Hiccup... don't worry someday you'll have a Pokemon you can fly on, even if it's not Toothless. :c]}

I think you might have, but I guess I had to see it to believe it.

_{[Or FEEL it, rather... the view is incredible but it's that weightless tingle in the pit of your stomach that really can't be replicated without actually doing it...]}

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[newberktown]

[IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME... But he will survive.]

That's how most people react, I think.

[The people of Berk certainly did, once they'd let themselves trust the dragons.]

I'm guessing it's so much better than your airplane machines?

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[foolishwren]

_{[She laughs, though most of it's carried away by the wind.]}

Well, I've never been on one of those either, but I'm gonna guess YES.

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[newberktown]

[It was getting hard to keep straight who was teaching him what about technology. Though that sorts out the question in his head of whether it was Heather or Rima that said flying was boring because of planes.]

Yeah. I'm gunna go with that assumption, too. Seems a pretty safe bet.

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[foolishwren]

_{[She's pretty sure she mentioned it-- she's just... never been on one. Otherworld adventures aside, Heather's actually fairly sheltered. She's never even left Maine.]}

In a plane, you don't get to feel the WIND!