A small video about safety began to play in the background as the plane was slowly towed to the takeoff strip, which the angel promptly ignored, having seen it a hundred times. It was almost shameful how many times he'd seen this particular one from British Airways, as he was one of the very few beings who used the airline who had the ability to fly.* It was rather like taking your car to the shop down the road when you have a perfectly good, if slightly grimy, bicycle. Conveniently, the film took the focus off himself, and he could continue chatting to Ellie as they did up their belts.
"Are you certain you will be all right to..." - he didn't dare move his fingers again - "...then? It is the Himalayas, it's not quite easy. Well. At least there are two of us, after all."
*He had had an updated passport, come to think of it, though it had perished along with his bookshop. He remembered because the photo had a picture of his old face and body, and though the new one could probably past muster the one he'd had a few months ago - a year ago - would have gotten him imprisoned if he'd tried to use it.
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Date: 2007-05-29 06:33 am (UTC)"Are you certain you will be all right to..." - he didn't dare move his fingers again - "...then? It is the Himalayas, it's not quite easy. Well. At least there are two of us, after all."
*He had had an updated passport, come to think of it, though it had perished along with his bookshop. He remembered because the photo had a picture of his old face and body, and though the new one could probably past muster the one he'd had a few months ago - a year ago - would have gotten him imprisoned if he'd tried to use it.