Chapter 46: The Only Way to Travel
Dirge POV
The sun rose over the palace rooftops and spires as Dirge stood on the balcony, watching the Orcs flit around on flying machines. They called them “gliders.” A pair of mechanical wings flapped while one Orc in an attached basket fed the steam engine and another one pedaled upfront. Somehow, the pedals connected to the steam engine, which powered the wings.
Could shifters build something like this someday? He’d have to ask Jiro and Dane. Would it even work? The orcs had the steam technology, but since Makhel was such good friends with at least two of his brothers and their mates, maybe he wouldn’t mind sharing it. Or the shifters could trade something for it, or buy it from the orcs.
“What are you thinking, pup?” Tulaska asked, her arm around him.
He hadn’t even known she was up. “I thought you’d still be sleeping.”