Just think. Some ancestor of yours must have stood here once, long ago, and been the first to fly off. Up into space rather than down into the atmosphere. Imagine what that must have been like, what it must have taken.
The Aether-Dragon was uncharacteristically quiet, his huge eyes, the size of her head, still absorbing every aspect of the scene.
This affirms half of your theory, he said eventually. What of the other part, the race of bomb-builders?
The readings clearly show life down there. Microscopic, certainly, and probably more complex organisms too. We"ll just have to make do with that for now.
Will that satisfy the others?
Oh, it"ll give them something to pick at I"m sure. Complete evidence would have been nice but I"ve found all I really hoped for.
Will we return?
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