Explaining his parachute jumping to her:
"The ground is not where you left it. The fall takes your breath away as the air rushes past and your brain sings. Suddenly you are only holding an umbrella in a windy place; feet dangling as the earth reaches out to you but won’t get out of the way, so you try to land where the grass will yield. You’ve shouted profanities into the air as adrenaline kicks in. Do you remember adrenaline?”
She did. He’d never spoken so passionately about his train set. She almost wanted to join him. But not quite.
"The ground is not where you left it. The fall takes your breath away as the air rushes past and your brain sings. Suddenly you are only holding an umbrella in a windy place; feet dangling as the earth reaches out to you but won’t get out of the way, so you try to land where the grass will yield. You’ve shouted profanities into the air as adrenaline kicks in. Do you remember adrenaline?”
She did. He’d never spoken so passionately about his train set. She almost wanted to join him. But not quite.
