Chance Munro, recently of
the Army of Northern Virginia, had boarded his newfound friend, Brack's
incredible machine. The machine began to rise and Munro watched in utter awe as
the Earth receded beneath him. He'd seen the Earth from observation baloons on
the great Civil War battlefield, but to see the Earth fall away so far so
quickly was incomprehensible to him. Odder still, there was no sensation of
motion. He turned to Brack, "Where are we and where are we going?"