[The wings flickered slightly, quivering at the touch, but he remains perfectly still himself.
The wings are fascinating enough themselves, he can admit that. He doesn't mind the examination; he would subject someone else to the same. ...Perhaps John, after he's feeling better and if things do not remain too uneasy for too long... Surely John would let him have a look, really see what these things were about. Without doing even the slightest bit of harm to the wings. No feathers to examine or anything of that sort. Just to look at the wings themselves.
He nods at her last remark.]
I knew of a place-- Army base-- [that was hardly enough information to find the spot] that was doing genetic experimentation. I thought for a short time, on seeing the wings, that I might be there. Don't like me much, that lot... wouldn't have surprised me. But we're not. At least, not that I can find.
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The wings are fascinating enough themselves, he can admit that. He doesn't mind the examination; he would subject someone else to the same. ...Perhaps John, after he's feeling better and if things do not remain too uneasy for too long... Surely John would let him have a look, really see what these things were about. Without doing even the slightest bit of harm to the wings. No feathers to examine or anything of that sort. Just to look at the wings themselves.
He nods at her last remark.]
I knew of a place-- Army base-- [that was hardly enough information to find the spot] that was doing genetic experimentation. I thought for a short time, on seeing the wings, that I might be there. Don't like me much, that lot... wouldn't have surprised me. But we're not. At least, not that I can find.