"The first time? Not great. The thrusters worked but the mark 1 was a desperate hot mess of a thing and-" And Yinsen had just died. He'd killed quite a few people on his way out and wasn't sure how to cope with that.
"The Mark 2, now...that was...Amazing. I'd been working on hovering and flight stabilizers for awhile- but the first time I suited up? Better than sex." When it had been all about the discovery, about making the most out of his new set up, building something that'd be worthwhile. Flying in jets had been alright but this? Closest he could get to those swooping, powered dreams everyone had as a kid. "Rough landing, I miscalculated the weight and what I'd designed my roof to handle. Dropped right through the ceiling on top of one of my cars." And then Dum-E drenched him with a fire extinguisher.
"Figured out the icing problem, which helped maximize the altitude I could handle in the suit." Which helped him work out spaceworthiness. Not that he ever needed to test that, exactly, but.
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"The Mark 2, now...that was...Amazing. I'd been working on hovering and flight stabilizers for awhile- but the first time I suited up? Better than sex." When it had been all about the discovery, about making the most out of his new set up, building something that'd be worthwhile. Flying in jets had been alright but this? Closest he could get to those swooping, powered dreams everyone had as a kid. "Rough landing, I miscalculated the weight and what I'd designed my roof to handle. Dropped right through the ceiling on top of one of my cars." And then Dum-E drenched him with a fire extinguisher.
"Figured out the icing problem, which helped maximize the altitude I could handle in the suit." Which helped him work out spaceworthiness. Not that he ever needed to test that, exactly, but.