1 Lambert: How long will this trip take?
2 Kyros: The Fabulous and Esteemed City of Rivendeep is about six hours away, as the eagle flies.
3 Lambert: So that’s about four in-flight meal services.
4 Kyros: If you like regurgitated raw meat, skin and bones included, sure.

The eagle is an African fish eagle, which I photographed in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, in 2018.

The background landscape is a photo of the central Australian desert that I took from a plane in 2008.