There are many kinds of flight.
There the smooth movement, often in a straight line, in a straight direction. When we move at a consistent pace where we can count the time needed for the movement. And can have the distance measured safely. It is efficient. And it feels like being carried when you do it with someone else. A feeling of safety confidence, and achievement. We are flying, safely, efficiently, and need do little to keep in control. We have conquered a challenge of our species.
And the thought of conquest, of group conquest, touches something primal within me. I fear what it is, and we shall understand it after we understand flight, so let's move into the second type.
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Flight, as She thinks of it. True flight, speed efficiency is in the back seat, helping only to minimize loss of speed. It is a component of the thing, and not the thing itself. It is the mastery of the hunt, the accomplishment of the escape. And the preservation of the individual above all else.
But with another, it is more. It is the growth of the hive. It is what can be accomplished using all we have. It is the reason we are efficient, to achieve these great things. But it requires control and study. We are not born flyers, but we become as such.
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And it enables so much.
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There is then the silent flight. For this, She recruited a few passing scouts. We first thought of it as the flight of the hunter, but the hunter would put down flight for this. but that is not what scouts do.
It is passing between those who can with little effort bring our end, survival. And the collection of living and dead to better raise our young. To gain perspective through the biology of others. Through their shape. Through their form we create materials, tools, and wings. And we build a structure that can defeat them. So they no longer threaten us.
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The warrior wanted control over their flight over all else. A durable set of wings. And efficiency is kept optional. With it being the neutral state, with the ability to alter movement and the angles with which we turn at the cost of efficiency. Multiple modes of movement. But if a warrior is to use a tool, greater understanding is to be brought. Even if training with specialize share is needed.
To speak the warriors' language and to think their thoughts. It is difficult for us. But we learn of their flight and create a base blueprint for the other workers.
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And these mechanisms would be useful, but most are often used. The other He Who Speaks With Giants thanks us for the payment, and the shard with methods he had access to as payment, he continues on his way returning to his pod on borrowed wings.
And we fly some more, testing perfecting, and having done what I could to accomplish my task, I ask to follow her. As gratitude. So that I can better learn to communicate and so that we may continue to share flight for optimal efficiency.
But first, we shall go eat.