Cog, the blood having rushed to his head:

...this is making my eyes stream... makes the coast look redder than I remember it... I suppose it's too much to expect him to flip the thing over for a while, so I can get a go up the right way for a minute or two...

And this dragon closing in on us... I could just jump off, when it's a bit closer, and the master upstairs wouldn't even see me go... pelicans float, so as long as I kept a good grip I'd probably drift ashore. I'm not sure how to jump off from upside down when falling doesn't work. Magic spooks me, it really does...

Blimey, she thought of it too...

Approaching the Coast
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