Ten
‘Steady pace, Captain,’ Derek said as he saw the flooring and structure of the craft disappear away like their house was doing below. Basil leapt up to his lap and Herbert made final checks of the basket before they made course.
‘I’m starving,’ he told Benjamin. ‘Let’s not scare Derek with speed but not pretend that we’re a barge either.’
Benjamin stopped everything and looked back. ‘Is there any chance that we could go at the speed that I would like, what with me being the pilot and all?’
‘You sound tense,’ Derek told him while he fussed Basil. ‘Can you fly us safely under your condition, Ben?’
Benjamin took a long breath, steadied himself and took the control stick once more. ‘Derek, I can show you moves in this that they do not have names for.’
‘That’s not what I was asking bu
