"So many strong, scary people…"
"And they're huge!"
"I haven't felt that insignificant in a long time."
"Try feeling like an insignificant gnat. I couldn't even breathe, and I haven't needed air in decades!"
The Stars and Troops were finally unwinding, expelling their stress and fear as complaints after Fortus bowed and took his leave. The Troops had the greater bulk of remarks and comments. Timmit and Gerriey were especially vocal about how they'd felt upon reaching the Quadrosphere.
"I could have sliced my wings off – the feathers were being pulled off by that monstrous gravitational force."
"And it only got worse. Heck, it's still bad for us. If not for Master…" Gerriey sulked. "That would have been a miserable way to die."
