People are always telling me how they'd love to be able to fly, too. "It must be wonderful," they sigh, "being so free." I smile and agree that freedom is good, mouthing empty platitudes. People think I'm humble.
They don't understand.
Do you know how the air force helps train astronauts? You can mimic freefall if your plane is flying downward at a steep enough angle. It feels like you're floating, at least until the plane pulls out of the dive.
I can't actually fly.
We're all falling, all of the time. I'm just the only one who can tell.
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I've seen a lot of revisionist takes on superheros lately, but I really like this one.
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