But the thing that's a positive must / is a little bit of pixie dust
Treestamp: "You Can Fly" from the Disney animation Peter Pan
Astounded, the Imperial Minister of War most certainly was, his eyes taking in the wonders of this confounded device and amazed with the facility in which the Milo went about with these....glyphs, as it were. Piloting the craft was not something suggested be left in the hands of the Imperial Regent, but as he was Sovereign and Commander-in-Chief...
...as they said in the Imperial Navy, the Commander-in-Chief has the conn.
"Is that wise, Sire?" he asked out loud in an almost tinny voice, feeling a little bilious as he saw the glyphs light up and do whatever it was glyphs did. A wonderful way, indeed, with which one could fall and break one's neck, this most certainly seemed, but the fear and anxiety he felt in the pit of his stomach was soon being replaced by the excitement and Jorel-may-care attitude he once had as a student in The Reg.
Gripping the surface - any surface - tight enough that his knuckles turned white, so did the pale-faced Imperial Minister of War concentrate on breathing.
"There's a reason why men don't have wings..." so did he mumble feebly, looking around and catching the eyes of his fellow (soon-to-be?) aeronauts.
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Imperial Minister for War War is the horror that occurs when rational minds fail at the negotiating table of diplomacy. ~Queen Katishandra of Daittern, Aelyrian Warfare through the Ages.
**1/6: Work (and not mutinous legionaries!) have placed Alexis' puppeteer under extreme duress. Back at Jan the 16th, Markalin willing. I will hold true to Macarthur's words, and yes, indeed, I shall return!**
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