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“The Ehdagi, or flying whales as they are sometimes called, often work with humans and other smaller races. Some ferry cargo, some passengers. Pictured here is Hadzigdi who works as a pleasure cruiser. She enjoys the leisurely pace and generally happy and pleasant passengers and does not mind the lack of variety in her routes. Her offspring, Idezigdi, will follow her travels until he reaches full maturity at age 20. At that point he’ll be free to make his own way in the world or perhaps join his mother’s business as one of his sisters has already done. Until then, he will learn useful skills at his mother’s side and make all kinds of connections that may profit him later in life.
Ehdagi society seems to consider it most impolite to inquire after the mechanics behind their flight, so one is forced to draw their own conclusions. Magic would appear the likeliest explanation, thought the writer readily admits the limits of their knowledge in matters of science. On the other hand these magnificent beings are extremely happy to converse at length about such mundane matters as their diet, which reportedly consist of enormous quantities of tiny flying insects that are only found in the upper reaches of the sky and thus have been given no name in the common tongue.”
