Choosing his words carefully, Skellig nods. "Flight is something to envy, that freedom that comes with breaking free of the hold of the earth's grasp. The curve that holds us here is unbreakable, and yet sometimes... we can get close."
Like leaping from a cliff's edge into the river below, those moments before your feet hit the water. Or swinging on a rope from a tree branch, that split second when you reach the top of the arc where you are weightless...
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Date: 2024-09-15 03:44 am (UTC)Like leaping from a cliff's edge into the river below, those moments before your feet hit the water. Or swinging on a rope from a tree branch, that split second when you reach the top of the arc where you are weightless...