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Flight was a curious thing; for one, Sandy felt that he'd been flying all his life, as though his body hadn't been swapped for that of some unknown creature the night before. For another, it was obviously connected to some sense that he hadn't really explored yet. It was like he knew everything about the air around him; where the best currents and eddies and thermals lie; to a degree it was like dancing; he simply had to follow the lead of the wind. In some instances, he felt like he had taken the lead steps, as though the air itself were at his beck and call, though he had no idea how.

It helped him forget how bleak the city looked below him.

He's already noted several collapsed buildings, and though the rioting in general had for the most part ceased, there were still several isolated incidents of violence within his line of site. When he got back to Marie, he decided, they would leave the city at least for a while. Sandy still had no idea what had driven these people to this madness; he imagined if he could ever return to his studies, he would eventually find out. That day seemed a long way off, though....

In that instant, he heard a loud pop from below him... He'd never spent any time around guns, but it certainly sounded like gunfire. Apparently firearms still work while existing electronic equipment does not... Moments later, there was a whizzing by his ear; the bullet! Whatever it was was shooting at him. He glanced around, quickly finding the reptile that had fired at him, the barrel of the rifle still smoking; he noted that it had cobbled together what looked like a suit of armour, but there wasn't time for anything more. He saw the muzzle flash, heard a second pop. This one was closer, grazing his talon before puncturing one of his wings. Oddly enough, there was a lot less pain than there should have been, but the shock of the hit made his senses falter. No longer able to feel the wind, Sandy started to fall.

His wings flailed as he ineffectually attempted to right himself. The ground drew ever nearer, alarmingly quickly. Wow, just how high up was I? Eventually, his wings stiffened, allowing him to turn his free-fall into a controlled dive, but he was far too close to the ground for comfort's sake. He thought he saw a cave as he pulled up in such a way that he wouldn't break his neck against the ground or a nearby building. Wait... What? He had no clue what a cave would have been doing in the middle of the city; he knew about the mines that it was built on top of, but the nearest entrances to that were miles away.... It was just one more impossibility in the middle of an already impossible day.

But this impossibility intrigued him. he landed hard on the pavement, but he'd pulled up just enough that a bit of a run would let him land without breaking a few bones. Only when he'd stumbled to a stop did he notice the creatures around what he now saw to be a hole in the air; there was a creature much like himself, though larger and bipedal. It was wearing more of that black armour he'd seen previously, making him step back cautiously. The others included another creature like Marie, blue instead of red, nother reptile creature - he supposed he'd have to put a name to these eventually - that was unconscious - but not dead, interestingly enough; perhaps it meant these people were sane - on the ground beside what looked like an odd fusion of all three. Sandy found himself reminded of exactly how small and vulnerable he'd become, now that he was this close to these things.

Everything he saw was a mockery of every law of nature he'd ever known. If that were the case, though, then maybe it was time to write new ones. "Forgive my intrusion," he said loudly, calmly, and most of all, politely while lifting a talon to point towards the door in the air through which giant spiders seemed to be anxious to pour out, "But what on earth am I looking at?"

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