"It was the landin' gear the plane jettisoned after takin' off. The rest of it jus' disappeared, somewhere over the ocean."

The thing about flying is it terrifies her as much as it interests her. Her world's nowhere close to any of the things she's seen since coming to Milliways.

"An' my interests don't exclude flyin' t'New York, I'm sorry t'inform you. I've never actually been inside an airplane."