✈️🐾 FLUFF TALES — EPISODE 2: “CRUISE SPEED”

Morning comes in a little quieter than yesterday.

Not different enough to notice right away.

Just… easier to settle into.

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The cockpit hum is steady.

Engines already warm.

No rush to correct anything.

No rush at all, really.

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Rowdy checks the panel out of habit.

The route field loads.

It’s there.

But it doesn’t feel urgent anymore.

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Laizer is already half in the doorway, watching clouds move like they’re not in a hurry either.

«“Feels like the sky is taking its time today.”»

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Bianca adjusts a dial slightly.

«“We’re at cruise speed.”»

She says it like it’s a place, not a setting.

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Rowdy nods.

«“Yeah… I see that.”»

A pause.

«“No adjustments needed.”»

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They lift off.

Clean. Easy. Familiar.

But this time, no one is chasing anything.

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The climb finishes faster than expected.

Or maybe it just feels that way when you’re not waiting for something to happen.

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Cruise level settles in.

The plane stops asking for attention.

Everything just… holds.

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Laizer stretches her paws across the edge of the cockpit window.

«“It’s kind of nice when nothing changes for a while.”»

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Rowdy doesn’t answer right away.

He’s listening to the engine more than the instruments.

«“Yeah,” he says finally.

“No corrections today.”»

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Bianca glances between both of them.

«“Not every flight needs adjustment.”»

She pauses.

«“Some just need time.”»

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A cloud drifts across their path.

No deviation required.

They pass through it.

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Inside, the light softens for a moment.

Then returns.

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Laizer hums again—low, steady.

Not a tune this time. Just rhythm matching motion.

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Rowdy checks the fuel.

Everything is exactly where it should be.

He stops checking after that.

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Time moves differently at cruise speed.

Not slower.

Just less noticeable.

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Bianca leans back slightly.

«“We’re on course.”»

Not as a confirmation.

As a reminder.

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Rowdy nods once.

«“Good.”»

That’s all.

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Landing comes later without announcement.

No buildup. No decision point.

Just arrival.

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They touch down smooth.

No correction needed on descent.

No discussion in final approach.

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Engines roll down gently.

The runway feels longer when you’re not in a rush to leave it.

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Laizer hops down first.

«“That was easy.”»

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Rowdy follows, slower than usual.

«“Yeah… it was.”»

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Bianca shuts down the final switch.

«“Cruise speed held.”»

A beat.

«“Everything stayed where it was.”»

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Rowdy looks at her.

Then at Laizer.

Then at the sky above the hangar.

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«“Maybe that’s the point,” he says.»

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No one replies.

Because nothing needs correcting.