Like A Strictly Regulated Bird
Cast:
Cure Dream, Yumehara Nozomi - age 17
Syrup, Amai Shirou - age 15
February, 2010
As can certain PreCures, Syrup can often be found at Nuts House when he has free time. When Nozomi encounters him there, he has several books open and is taking copious notes. Confusion flits across her face.
"Didn't you pass your entrance exam already, Shirou? Why are you still studying so hard?"
"That was for high school. This is for pilot school. The program I'm trying to get into only accepts twenty students every year."
"Oh... Does this mean you'll be going to the airport after school every day?"
Shirou shakes his head. "Even when I start flying real airplanes, it won't be every day. The first year is all classrooms and simulators. Mostly classrooms. Assuming I get in, I'll go to high school all day and then take pilot classes all evening."
"I feel like I'm missing something. Can you really learn how to fly an airplane by sitting in a classroom all the time?"
"It starts that way, yeah. It's not that different from learning to drive a car. There's a lot of classroom learning either way, but anyone who crashes an airplane usually becomes international news. Nobody wants that."
"I can imagine," Nozomi says, shuddering briefly. "Still, I guess that means you'll get to be an official pilot before I become a teacher."
"Actually, you'll probably still reach your goal first. I'll be in this program all through high school, and then I have to go five more years of formal pilot training. Then, I get to be a pilot." He shrugs. "Well, assuming I get in."
"You're smart, Shirou. There's no way you won't get in." Nozomi smiles, and points her finger right at him. "It's decided!"