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It was a very little plane.
It was mid afternoon and it had been a very long day of travel. There had already been two plane flights and as we walked across the tarmac to board I found myself surprisingly unconcerned at how Rey would handle it.
The pilot asked everyone their weight again, and seated Carolyn at front right and Rey across the aisle to her left behind the pilot. I was seated behind Rey. He looked fascinated. There was a family seated towards the back, similarly distributed for optimum balance. Soon, we took off.
Rey gazed out the window like the most seasoned world traveler.
To me the plane felt just a little bit small and light to really be flying. "Ok", I decided to myself, this is just a movie, and all I have to do is suspend my disbelief and the plane should be able to stay up on the simple presumption that, supposedly, it can do this seemingly physically impossible thing.
Rey continued to gaze out the window with an intense detachment mixed with mild fascination.
He was still holding his Spiderman action figure. This was calming to me.
Tom, Carolyn and Rey,
Hello! Great site - How the heck are you guys? Long time.... reeeealy long time..........
Herbie