Deryn stood skylarking on the topside with the engines at half-speed. This was barking fun! She was (in theory) exercising her hurt knee. But her knee barely hurt. She closed her eyes and was immediately plunged into paradise. Deryn sat down thought why would anybody not want to fly? This was paradise. This inexplicable feeling was worth all the lies and secrets. When that bum-rag Malone snitched her secret to the World her life would be thrown into a blur of despair.
“Don’t be a dummkopf” she said aloud. Alek had said that woman in America flew in hot air balloons. But hot air balloons just weren’t the same as standing topside, feeling the Clanker engines rumbling beneath her feet, the feel of the cilia waving along like mini waves. Deryn shook her negative thoughts out as Alek walked toward her. At least she had him.
Oh, that was cute! I even did a fangirl sigh. Like this: "Teehee *sigh*"
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