“It is nothing. It is all right. It is natural⁠—for the first time. It will pass. Courage!”

At I-330 ’s side bouncing dizzily on a green net⁠—someone’s thinnest profile, cut out of paper. No, not “someone’s.” I recognized him. I remembered. It was the doctor. I understood everything very clearly. I realized that they both caught me beneath the arms and laughingly dragged me forward. My legs twisted and glided.⁠ ⁠… Terrible noise, cawing, stumps, yelling, branches, tree-trunks, wings, leaves, whistling.⁠ ⁠…