It wasn’t a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish. - Steve Perry

Odd how such major changes in a man’s life could come about so quickly, based on such flimsy things as feelings.

Of course, laws weren’t always just. Some rules outlawed a thing because it was intrinsically bad: child molestation, say. Other rules made harmless activities crimes only because someone wished them to be so. Take cohabitation on a religious holiday. On some worlds, it was legal on one day, illegal the next, and on the third, okay once again. Khadaji could see no moral dilemma there.

You ready to fly, Nancy?" Jo asked.
"Honey, I'm always ready to fly."
"Might get shot at."
"I been shot at. Not a problem if they don't hit me. I am allowed to dodge, right?