Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds

Hurry!

Somebody's coming!

Somebody's coming!

Somebody's coming!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Quick!

Quick!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Hurry up!

Stop shouting.

Somebody's coming from the desert. It could be a demon. Quick!

A demon.

Oy!

Where do you think you're going?

Take that bloody thing off your head!

Go on.

What do you want?

Don't like talking? Hmm?

North.

Oy.

Bloody stupid.

Wandering around the desert, with no bloody water.

What are you doing around here, anyway?

Minding my own business.

Don't have a match, do you, mate?

Dinner's ready.

Do us a favor? Use that first, hmm?

- He's not dead' but he looks dead! - Shh. Calm down.

Keep that voice, keep that voice down!

Act normal.

He's coming! He's coming!

Thanks a lot.

Eat your beans.

Crabtree.

The name's Felix. Crabtree.

This is Betty. She's my little sister.

Uh... Smith.

- Heading North, then? - That's what I said.

Yeah.

Well, I'll tell you...

There's uh... no way out of this desert except South.

The way you came.

Those mountains, the ones you see to the North,

well, they're right there like a big wall.

You know...

- no way over, you know. - Always a way, mate.

You don't get it.

Let me explain something to you.

You can't climb those buggers.

I know. I've tried.

It's a day's march to the foothills, right? More like two.

Oh bloody slog.

When you get there, there's cliffs.

3, 4, 500 fucking foot.

Vertical.

Hell knows what's on the other side, if you did get over.

But you can't, eh?

I'll get over those mountains, mate, if I have to fly.

- What did you say? - Sorry?

- What did you say? Just then? - I don't get you.

You said something about flying?

Uh... yeah. Yeah, I guess I did.

You can't fly, can you?

What the fuck are you talking about?

Fuck me! Thought so.

What would you do if you could?

- Could what? - Fly!

You'd go North, right?

Over the mountains!

North...

- Right. - Makes sense. Makes sense.

Time for bed, then, eh?

You can use the room down at the end of the hall.

Smith... I'm not crazy, you know.

You're safe here.

I'm alright.

Bloody chair. Bloody chair, it's useless.

Bloody useless.

- Feeling hungry, eh? - Uh, yeah.

Look, I'll uh, see you later.

Oy!

You can't go yet! You just got here!

Stay a few days, eh?

Have a look around!

Get your strength back, you know.

Thanks all the same.

Ah, bloody hell!

Not that again.

Sun's burned your head!

Why don't you listen?

- Did I miss something? - Well...

I don't like to poke my nose in people's affairs, but

you can't do it, you know.

I've got no choice, eh?

I knew it!

Somebody's after you!

I knew it!

There isn't no reward in it, mate.

Smith!

Well...

what do you think?

Ever watch a bird fly?

Not the type, eh.

Ever thought what it would be like to be a bird? You know, what it's like to, uh...

What it's like to fly!

Well, I uh, I don't just think about flying.

I've done it.

I flew!

Like a bird.

Of course, I only got about 20 foot or so off the ground.

And only for a bit.

I fucking flew.

- My sister, she'll tell you, she saw me. - Like a bird, yeah?

Look at all this stuff!

Don't you get it?

A flying machine.

I'm building a machine that flies!

Well... I need someone to give me a bit of a hand.

Uh, in a bit of a rush just now, mate. You know how it is, eh?

I'll show you! I'll show you.

Go on. Look at it. Go on!

THE BOOK OF FLIGHT

- Can't read. - Look at the bloody pictures then.

I've had that book since I was nine.

Apart from my old man's religious books, it's the only one I've got.

Come on, mate. People don't fly.

Hey, Smith!

- I'm a bit sick of this, mate. - If you'd rather look at where you're going first?

No charge.

Have you done it?

There's a fly in your sandwich.

Well... have you?

Have you?

We've been through all this last night.

Have you told him to be gone? Send him back to the desert!

- Um, had a nice talk. - What did you tell him?

- Nah. - No? - Nah nah nah!

He's in the bloody workshop.

He's evil.

Send him away!

- Before it's too late. - Betty. Betty!

Or we'll end up like father.

What's he doing in your workshop anyway?

He's um... Looking at my designs.

- Look at them? - Yeah.

So uh... What did you think?

You're fucking mad.

How many days?

To build your bloody machine, eh? How many days?

Jeesh, I don't know.

What, three? Four?

- More like a week. - I don't have a week, mate.

I've got five days, at the most.

Yeah, yeah.

Look, I'm gonna need that spyglass.

I wanna watch the paths to the South.

I need fair warning, eh?

Sure, yeah, sure.

Listen...

That thing... will get us past those mountains, yeah?

Yeah... yeah.

Wil... bur.

A... A... And

Or... ville.

Good morning!

Yeah.

I've got something to show you. Alright?

Real good, mate.

Watch this.

It's uh... ready.

Eh mate?

The uh...

what do you call it? It's ready.

- Oh good, good. That's good. - What is it?

- Did you look at the books last night? - Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah.

Fuck it!

- The plans, did you look at those? - Yeah.

Fuck it!

- Good, make sense? - Sure. Sure it does.

- Test. - So uh...

- I need a test. - What's that for then?

It's a windsock. Shows us wind direction.

This thing here tells us the speed.

The faster the wind, the quicker this wheel goes around.

Measures it on this little dial. Easy, yeah?

Have a look.

See, last time, I didn't know enough about the wind.

Real important. Gotta know what the bastard's up to.

Yeah... that's what I thought.

How about a drink?

- I've got some good stuff. - Suits me.

She can't fathom it, you know.

Uh, go on through. I'll be with you in a sec.

- What is it now? - As if you didn't know!

I had a dream last night.

Oh?

I had a dream about the devil.