At first, he assumed it was a coincidence. Birds at this altitude? Unlikely. But they weren’t just flying by the plane—they were flying with it. Wings steady, forming a formation that matched the aircraft’s path perfectly.
That’s when something deeper stirred in Captain Daniel. Something… unexplainable.
“I’ve Seen Storms. I’ve Seen Engine Failures. But This? This Was Different.”
As he watched the birds gracefully ride the air beside his cockpit window, he couldn’t look away. There was something eerie—and beautiful—about it. One bird, in particular, locked eyes with him as if trying to say something.
Then a memory hit him like a lightning strike.
Two years ago, Daniel had tragically lost his young daughter in a car accident. She loved birds. Every morning, she’d wake up early just to feed them outside their window. Her favorite storybook featured a girl who could fly with birds in the sky.
And in that moment, watching them soar next to him—at an altitude they shouldn’t even survive—he knew deep down
