Literature
Flightless - Chapter 2
Two The World Beneath
I had never touched a cloud before. I had seen plenty of them, oh yes, both below and above me. There were often scattered clouds in what was sometimes called the upper-cloud layer, and of course there were always clouds in the lower-cloud layer. I had not yet touched one, but that would change very shortly. I was seized by a sudden irrational fear: what if clouds were actually solid, not passable as I had always assumed? No sooner had I had the thought when I shrugged it away with a laugh; if that was the case, I would merely come into a nice soft landing atop the clouds and that wo