A million planes.

Day 3,124, 16:10 • Published in United Kingdom Thailand • by Euphorbus

Every clip on the wing costs a million. Every dent, another million.
A million hours was spent by the engineer, perfecting the curvature of each wing on paper; every failed attempt to fly the burdened, ambitious load? A million million.

After the millionth hour, the pilot felt in a millionth of a second - gliding through the clouds in slow motion - every spitfire-esque nuance rivalling the experience birds felt, soon dropping the 'million pound payload' onto millions of unsuspecting animals. They would soon feel the burn of a million tailed flame spreading its wings from blade to blade - of grass to grass, and of soldier to soldier.

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Euphorbus

(Very short 'story' but surpassing the 100 word limit.)