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So perhaps I’m not entirely capable of not baiting her. But I do stand by my statement that my priority is returning to the ground.

Especially seeing as I would not have dove into the hot air balloon basket to save Miss Maloney had she not been in the basket in the first place as it began to rise.

“I don’t do the flying, and we operate airplanes, not balloons.” Her blue eyes flash, and for the briefest of moments, I contemplate the likelihood of her being able to lever me out of this basket and send me careening to my death, as she, too, seems to be contemplating strangling me.

Reasonably unlikely that she might overpower me, I decide.

Which leaves room for error, as I don’t deduct her chances to be nil.

I don’t like it.