And the Sky and the Ground and the Cold, Cold Air

[Scattercat]

He sat on the floor of his apartment. The wind whistled through the window, cold and taunting. He had no furniture. The carpet in the corner was torn up a little at the edges, but his bleeding fingers had failed at the task in the end, leaving crimson smears on the padding. He stared outside. There were sirens now, on the street where his furnishings were piled and smashed from the fall. He had not achieved lift. He was still too heavy.

He looked around. The bare apartment contained nothing else.

He stood. He breathed in.

He began to run.

[rowan_bristol]

Now, Miss!

[Mr. Tweedy]

Sound logic operating with false premises. Never gets you far.

[strawman]

More gas, man! Your balloon needs more gas!

Or fire, man! Turn on the burners!