Chapter 5
I’d heard that travel broadens the mind, but this was ridiculous. Leaving the black box behind, my four friends and I appeared to be parachuting high above some wilderness area. In my sudden shock at the change of scenery, I took inventory of my parts. Arms, legs, working, but not doing any work. I had lost control of my body yet was safely coasting along at altitude, with Brisa and Chris on one side, and Dean and Kavi on the other. Our limbs were spread as though to catch the air, and I idly gave thanks that it wasn’t raining. Or snowing.
Unable to adjust my position, I felt my eyes widen to saucers, trying to catch sight of everything that I’d never seen before—which was everything, at least at this height. I saw a steep, green mountainside with tiny dots that must be houses
