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[talentedscavenger]

If anyone has been contacted by Poe Dameron about being turned into a bird...

He is fine. He is well. For the time being. [deleted]

I'm taking care of it...

And I truly do apologize for his...excitement, for lack of a better term.

If anyone is upset, just contact me directly.


Thank you.

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[volitaunt]

[ Okay HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE are from the planet Dirt anyway??? ]

Now that sounds like my kind of bird.

You're not biased though, huh?

[ Dat username bro. ]

[wingedman]

I mean, I might be. Although I didn't pick the name originally, it was the codename for a government project I was part of.

Doesn't mean I'm wrong, though.

[volitaunt]

Codename. Going to take a wild guess and say you can't talk about it?

Oh, I believe you. Never seen a falcon bird, but I've seen the Millennium Falcon. Fastest ship in the galaxy, even if she doesn't look like much.

[wingedman]

Oh, yeah, we're on a moon in a different universe, it's totally top secret here. It's a jetpack designed for personal flight, but the military decided it was too expensive in terms of both cash and the amount of time needed to train people to use it. Which is a goddamn shame, if you ask me, but the Air Force never actually asked my opinion once in seven years.

[oh my god he mentioned the millennium falcon brb screaming internally]

[volitaunt]

Never know. There's plenty I've seen that has to stay classified, at least unless the General shows up.

[ Go ahead and ask him who the General is, Sam. You know you want to. ]

PERSONAL flight? So you do the whole bird thing without the magic?

[wingedman]

[oh god oh god PLAY IT COOL SAM don't tell him he's from a fictional universe]

The General?

[Is it Luke? Is it? No because the real answer is way cooler]

Basically, yeah. Except the magic way is probably easier, 'cause let me tell you, I had to have years of training to learn what birds know from instinct. Aerodynamics classes, gymnastics, weight training, anything else they could come up with.

[volitaunt]

[ Seriously Sam don't tell him, he's been having a nice day. Mostly. ]

General Leia Organa. You'd know her if you met her, trust me.

[ Damnit Poe wanted to try the thing. Still: ]

You have to let me see it in action.

[wingedman]

[He knows better than to inflict sudden existential crises on anyone. He just needs a moment to fanboy a little.]

So you're in...an air force? Space air force?

Oh, yeah, definitely. Though maybe not when it's this damn cold out.

[volitaunt]

Formerly New Republic Navy, Starfighter Corps.

[ Even typing that is hard, but at least he's doing that much, now: classifying his service to the New Republic in the past tense.

It feels more disloyal than it would have before Starkiller. ]

I'd say 'I can fly anything' but I think you've finally introduced me to something I can't just put my hands on and take off. Poe Dameron, by the way, I don't think I said.

[wingedman]

Okay, but you flew actual goddamn spaceships. That is unbelievably cool. I come from a place that barely manages spaceflight, and even then, we haven't sent manned flights any farther than our moon. And you're a fighter pilot. In space.

Sam Wilson. Don't feel bad, it's not exactly a traditional sort of aircraft.

[volitaunt]

I can't argue. It is unbelievably cool.

Nice to meet you, Sam Wilson.