“Why are your wings chained up?” she asked, eager to change the subject. A-Through-L looked at her as though she must be somehow addled. “It’s the law, you know. You can’t be so new as all that. Aeronautic locomotion is permitted only by means of Leopard or licensed Ragwort Stalk. I think you’ll agree I’m not a Leopard or made of Ragwort. I’m not allowed to fly.”
