Would you take this superpower?
Walking through IFC Mall on yet another Saturday-afternoon window-shopping expedition:
Maya: Man, I hate these huge malls. I feel like I’m walking on a treadmill. I wish I could fly.
Mickey: Right on schedule. Your “I wish I could fly” speech usually kicks in about an hour into our little strolls.
Maya: No seriously, I wouldn’t mind being able to fly even if I was just bobbing around at waist-level at the speed of a brisk walk. Or maybe floating a little higher up, then you could tie a string onto me and sort of pull or nudge me around.
Mickey: That’s pretty dumb.
Maya: But think how useful it would be. I mean we already walk everywhere. Think of it as a superpower for city-dwellers. Most of the places we go to are in a very small area anyway, so if we could fly as fast as a guy on a bike or a slow car, we could get around much more easily.