Chapter 23
The next day, we all assembled in Cassie's barn after the night outside of our own house. Jake started off the meeting. "Okay, we just did something huge. We destroyed that ship, or, sam did. One question though, why did you do it that way?" He asked Sam. Sam was in the rafters beside me and Tobias.
"I knew there was no way you guys would be able to get it in without getting sucked in yourself, and I didn't want you killed."
"Good enough, but I can see you can fly now. Pretty cool, when did you learn that?" Cassie asked. "I wonder if it is as cool as flying as a bird?"
"I don't have anything to compare it to, so I don't know." Sam said. "And I have been able to do it for a week or so. I have been practising."
"Cool, maybe you can teach me that." Marco said. I just laughed. "What?"
"There is no way you will be able to do that. None of us. We can morph, so leave it at that." I said.
Rachel was smiling. "I have a question. How fast can you do it?"
"About as fast as you guys running as wolves. So pretty fast."
{I want to have a flying contest with you.} Tobias said jokingly. Sam laughed.
"I would lose. I may be good, but I can only concentrate so hard. I have found that I can only lift what I could normally. Like, I couldn't lift a horse."
"Oh, then why could you push around the hork bajir like that?" Whitney asked, speaking up for the first time. "I mean, you couldn't do that straight on, there's no way."
"Oh, contraire. I could, if given the proper time to prepare myself and if it wasn't expecting it, so it didn't dodge. I have the strength to do it, but not the coordination. You see what I mean? Same reason why I can now fly. I can lift myself, so I could telekinetically lift myself. It took me a while to figure it out, though."
"But you couldn't possibly lift yourself that high." Whitney speculated.
"Actually, my mind doesn't tire like a body does. If I can lift it, I can lift it as high as I want. If I can lift it off the ground, then I can lift it to the stars. If I can put all my strength into a hit repeatedly, then it will go steady. It is just a matter of timing and concentration."
"Well, can I see a demonstration?" Marco asked. Of course Sam would.
Sam nodded his head. "Sure." The barn doors opened as Sam jumped off the hayloft. E swung back around and came back in through the doors, flying all the way. He set himself down and pointed towards Whitney.
"Whoa!" She yelped. "What the?"
She lifted off the bale of hay and was carried up to the hayloft with me. I waved. "Hi, nice to meet ya, my name's mud."
She smiled and jumped down. It was actually pretty far down, but she was a gymnast, she was fine.
"Well, I see we have been shown our point. I think it is time to conclude. Sam, I understand you can do this, but please keep it to a minimum. We don't need any suspicious onlooker seeing someone do that, okay?"
"Sure, no problem."
"Tobias, I believe you had something to say?" Jake asked nervously.
{Um, yeah. That bird that we released was there, at the site. She was one of the animals who got shot down. She is dead. I was thinking that maybe we could celebrate her momentary independency by at least burying her.} he looked away. I could tell he was embarrassed, but I could understand his standpoint.
"I understand. The celebration of life, nothing more important. I say we do it." I put my two cents in.
"I agree." Rachel agreed.
Cassie also agreed, that was just the way she was. Marco and Jake were hesitant though.
"I don't know, it is risky." Jake said.
"Yeah, all those controllers patrolling the place, I say we just wait for this to cool down and maybe make a memorial for her when they all leave and find another location to plunder." Marco was right, it would be too crowded right now.
"I agree, maybe let this one cool down first." I said. There were really no objections, there was no opposing argument.
"It is agreed then?" Jake asked. He didn't like acting like a leader. He let us all agree first. We did. "Good, here's the deal, we will all lay low for the week. We dealt a huge blow and they will be angry. So let's just leave this alone for now. Let's go."
We all left and lived our own lives. We did eventually bury the bird, and for whose idea it was, Tobias didn't seem at all bothered by it. I do believe hit words were something like 'birds die all the time, I just knew this one, that's all'. So, until next time....
The next day, we all assembled in Cassie's barn after the night outside of our own house. Jake started off the meeting. "Okay, we just did something huge. We destroyed that ship, or, sam did. One question though, why did you do it that way?" He asked Sam. Sam was in the rafters beside me and Tobias.
"I knew there was no way you guys would be able to get it in without getting sucked in yourself, and I didn't want you killed."
"Good enough, but I can see you can fly now. Pretty cool, when did you learn that?" Cassie asked. "I wonder if it is as cool as flying as a bird?"
"I don't have anything to compare it to, so I don't know." Sam said. "And I have been able to do it for a week or so. I have been practising."
"Cool, maybe you can teach me that." Marco said. I just laughed. "What?"
"There is no way you will be able to do that. None of us. We can morph, so leave it at that." I said.
Rachel was smiling. "I have a question. How fast can you do it?"
"About as fast as you guys running as wolves. So pretty fast."
{I want to have a flying contest with you.} Tobias said jokingly. Sam laughed.
"I would lose. I may be good, but I can only concentrate so hard. I have found that I can only lift what I could normally. Like, I couldn't lift a horse."
"Oh, then why could you push around the hork bajir like that?" Whitney asked, speaking up for the first time. "I mean, you couldn't do that straight on, there's no way."
"Oh, contraire. I could, if given the proper time to prepare myself and if it wasn't expecting it, so it didn't dodge. I have the strength to do it, but not the coordination. You see what I mean? Same reason why I can now fly. I can lift myself, so I could telekinetically lift myself. It took me a while to figure it out, though."
"But you couldn't possibly lift yourself that high." Whitney speculated.
"Actually, my mind doesn't tire like a body does. If I can lift it, I can lift it as high as I want. If I can lift it off the ground, then I can lift it to the stars. If I can put all my strength into a hit repeatedly, then it will go steady. It is just a matter of timing and concentration."
"Well, can I see a demonstration?" Marco asked. Of course Sam would.
Sam nodded his head. "Sure." The barn doors opened as Sam jumped off the hayloft. E swung back around and came back in through the doors, flying all the way. He set himself down and pointed towards Whitney.
"Whoa!" She yelped. "What the?"
She lifted off the bale of hay and was carried up to the hayloft with me. I waved. "Hi, nice to meet ya, my name's mud."
She smiled and jumped down. It was actually pretty far down, but she was a gymnast, she was fine.
"Well, I see we have been shown our point. I think it is time to conclude. Sam, I understand you can do this, but please keep it to a minimum. We don't need any suspicious onlooker seeing someone do that, okay?"
"Sure, no problem."
"Tobias, I believe you had something to say?" Jake asked nervously.
{Um, yeah. That bird that we released was there, at the site. She was one of the animals who got shot down. She is dead. I was thinking that maybe we could celebrate her momentary independency by at least burying her.} he looked away. I could tell he was embarrassed, but I could understand his standpoint.
"I understand. The celebration of life, nothing more important. I say we do it." I put my two cents in.
"I agree." Rachel agreed.
Cassie also agreed, that was just the way she was. Marco and Jake were hesitant though.
"I don't know, it is risky." Jake said.
"Yeah, all those controllers patrolling the place, I say we just wait for this to cool down and maybe make a memorial for her when they all leave and find another location to plunder." Marco was right, it would be too crowded right now.
"I agree, maybe let this one cool down first." I said. There were really no objections, there was no opposing argument.
"It is agreed then?" Jake asked. He didn't like acting like a leader. He let us all agree first. We did. "Good, here's the deal, we will all lay low for the week. We dealt a huge blow and they will be angry. So let's just leave this alone for now. Let's go."
We all left and lived our own lives. We did eventually bury the bird, and for whose idea it was, Tobias didn't seem at all bothered by it. I do believe hit words were something like 'birds die all the time, I just knew this one, that's all'. So, until next time....