Ambition

“I mean, they look alright.”

“Don’t they though? I had Narcissus in Quality Control give them a look.”

“Wait, what? You had Narcissus give them a look?”

“Well, sort of. I sent the final design sketches over.”

“And?”

“I haven’t heard back, but I kind of took it as a no-news-is-good-news-type situation.”

“I’m just not sure–“

“It’s fine, it’s fine. I asked Orpheus and Eurydice in Project Management for their thoughts too.”

“And?”

“Same response from both.”

“Which was?”

“They said, ‘There’s no looking back now, Icarus.’ Which, I also took as a good sign.”

“Yeah, but, I don’t think we should take–“

“Listen, Daedalus, I really think we’re good to go. Pretty much the whole organization is behind this flight.”

“The whole organization?”

“Yeah, Atlas said, ‘Hold it up, Ic.’ I think he meant hold it down, but he’s not really up on the lingo these days.”

“He could’ve been talking about–“

“It’s not just him, though! Sisyphus said, ‘Keep on keepin’ on.’ Which I took to mean all-systems-go.”

“Icarus! You know what he has to–“

“Listen, we both know we’ll never be 100% confident on this. Never. We both know that. So, there’s just one thing we have to ask ourselves.”

“What’s that?”

“What’s the worst that could happen?”