From Time Agents: Complications
It probably wasn’t wise to eat anything right before getting onto a roller coaster, but he’d be damned if he’d throw away delicious pie. He continued to eat it as they moved forward, and Lynisa quizzed him about jumping with real lightning.
“It’s a crazy sensation, to be sure,” he said as they were loaded into the seats that felt far too insubstantial. “And we both had a pretty powerful headache for a day.” He looked around, and when nothing clamped over them or around them at all, he started to panic. “What the hell is going to keep us on this thing?”
“A gravity bubble.” She put a hand to his leg. “Don’t worry, it’s completely safe.”
Cory wasn’t so sure, but he had witnessed people exiting the ride hale and whole, so he supposed he could trust it.
Maybe.
He was grateful he wasn’t in the front where it would have to feel like you had no protection at all. His heart started racing anyway, and as the line of seats moved forward, he felt a twinge of panic. “They should make the bubble blue or something so you can see it,” he muttered.
Lynisa laughed and slipped her arm around his. “Does this help?”
He looked over at her. “No. If I fly off, so will you.” He faced forward, knowing his heart had taken on an even more rapid rate. It doesn’t help one iota. If there was one thing he was certain wasn’t safe, it was the woman beside him.
