Room to Fall
Nico looked out of his window as the landscape solidified perceptibly.
“How long do we have?”
“Five minutes,” the pilot informed, and he’d already started to nod when he realized she couldn’t see him as she manned the helicopter from its cockpit.
A long moment passed, and then she added, “Do you need anything else, sir?”
“No,” Nico murmured, “that would be all.”
He pulled off his headphones and let himself soak in everything, pink skies dotted with lazy grey clouds, buildings which had become visible in the time since Bria’s announcement and the roll of blue waves which beat steadily against themselves.
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