This is what we call, in the writing business, a PLOT INFLECTION. I think, anyway, because I am not actually IN the writing business. I just hack away and let flow whatever comes to mind… but let it be known that there are no clumsier plot inflections than in a Mark Trail story line. Or more imagery or metaphor… I mean where else could an inanimate object – a plane- get so scared as to go all ashen and pale?? We have a problem, Mark, the union in China, or wherever this strip goes to get colored in, is sending us signals that they aren’t going to work for the “bowl of rice a day” that is in their current contract…
And I don’t pretend to be an expert in avionics or an aircraft engineer, but is the plane getting larger, I mean relative to the windows? If the windows are an indication of relative cockpit size, then suddenly this beast of a craft has the cargo capacity rivaling a C-130… Is that the issue? Is the plane growing? Or does Wes just want to secretly put-er-down and create the tension that is so badly needed in this particular story? So far the Whiny wasn’t Working, so let’s introduce some real drama! The Trail-verse’s own version of LOST! Will they go back in time? Meet up with Charles Lindbergh or Amelia Earhart? Stay tuned!