Phlegm the Pelican:

... or consult a skilled blacksmith / apparent acceleration = (distance to fall) over (fear of falling) / nocturnal moths cannot fly by day because sunlit air is too viscous for their fragile wings to cut through / flying on broomsticks reduces the amount of dust in the air / Smaggleborten's Shoes of Air-Walking are in fact nothing more than ordinary carpet slippers attached to invisible stilts / the higher above the world you are, the freer your shadow is to wander / geese fly in "V"s because "Q"s are too difficult / time flies like a narrow thing / fruit flies like a banana / the only certain cure for airsickness is burial / the correct way to address a levitating mystic is "Your Highness" / all dragons have vertical take-off capability; griffons require run up / lighter-than-air silver is valued by the elven smiths for lining the keels of royal airbarges, but coins made from such should never be tossed for fear of their never returning / steering tolerance of butterflies is never less than 10% deviation either way / wyverns are the only beasts to have evolved arrestor hooks / minimum wing surface area to bodyweight ratio for...

Outside the Grand Wizard's Window
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