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Here's the difference between falling and flying:
You fly because you want to.
You fall because someone makes you.
Here's what happens when you fall:
You hit the ground.
(wires snap and there's blood, blood so much blood, red and bright and thick-wet and you think you can smell it even though that's stupid and there's nothing you can do to save them and you can't reach them and you can't)
Falling is what happens when you can't.
Here's what happens when you fly:
You get back up again.
(your cape snaps in the wind and it's so impractical, but it's bright, bright yellow and you're wearing a suit that red and green and these are your family colors, you're wearing your family colors and all the world is watching and you're a hero now, like superman, so you can be just a little bit impractical, you can be anything.)
Flying is what happens when you can.