To lose a year was bad enough. I wasn't going to let this business eat up my whole life. To me they are simply excrescences. Impediments to walking, dancing, sitting in a civilized manner on a normal chair, wearing decent clothing. I refused to let something like that get in the way of my education, my whole life.
Flyers are stupid, their brains go all to feathers.
I wasn't going to trade in my mind for a chance to flitter about over the rooftops. I'm more interested in what goes on under the roofs. I don't care for scenery. I prefer people. And I wanted a normal life.