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// Log 4164: Sky High 
// Story: Equestrian Human 
// by TheMajorTechie 
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Audio/Neural Logging enabled.	

...Wait, I can combine those modes?! Woooooooooow!

Celestia's muzzle was mushed against the airplane window as she watched the clouds pass underneath.

"My mom used to tell me to stay under the clouds," she began, "because she was afraid I'd be seen by spies."

"Huh?" I began, turning towards the queen. "Wait... you were kept hidden from the public the entire time until your mom died?"

Celestia shook her head. "Nah." she dismissed, "She let me outside of the castle, just as long as I stayed under cloud cover or in disguise."

For the first time in hours, Delmar spoke up, following up Celestia's remarks with his interpretation.

"I believe that Celestia means that as long as she wasn't spotted by any enemy nations, then she'd be allowed to roam as she wish."

"Yup." the queen confirmed in a distinctly not-so-royal fashion, "Just as long as it was underneath the cloud cover, which is the upper city limits of Cloudsdale, if I remember correctly."

I made a face. "Why?" I asked, "Equestria seemed safe enough."

Celestia scoffed at my reply. "Yeah, 'cause a certain mare's mother sacrificed herself to defend it."

"Sorry..."

Celestia dismissed me with a hoof. "It's fine. We all have our own moments."

"Yeah... I guess..."

Celestia turned back towards the window, gazing towards the near-endless expanse of sky.

"Though," she continued, "Like I said before, I've never really seen for myself what it looks like above the cloud level myself..."

"Technically, though," Delmar cut in again as he shifted in his seat, "We're actually in the middle of the so-called cloud level. There's more above us in the next atmospheric layer."

Celestia furrowed her brow, and turned her eyes upwards.

"I don't see any." she deadpanned, turning back to Delmar.

Delmar sighed in mild annoyance. "There's not always gonna be clouds in every layer," he continued, "because they're always moving, and being blown about by air currents."

"Ah." was all Celestia replied. She returned to watching the clouds pass underneath.

Well, I guess now's a better time than ever for a nap.