Eloraine continued.
"I will be Queen after my mother. There"s no way that I can get her to change things any more drastically than she already has. She does nothing but complain about how she was backed into a corner."
Pettic stopped stroking Cledo who looked at his master in disappointment, nudged his hand twice, to no avail, then lay down on his feet.
"When I become Queen, though, I"ll make some big changes. Eventually I want everyone to be free to work and live as they please. I"ll allow the aerials to move up the hierarchy, regardless of wing colour. I"ll allow the groundlings to come and work and live in the cities if they wish, and I"ll allow the aerials to live and work on the ground, at whatever they choose."
Pettic smiled. He almost jumped up and embraced the princess, but he
