Hot air balloon
Burner
Just fold the envelope.
Night recovery packing, a hot air balloon retrieval field. Gyuri will not let go of the burner igniter. “Just fold the envelope.” Get in the recovery truck here and it is just pack-out.
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About this work
Night recovery packing. A hot air balloon retrieval field. Propane and wet nylon. Gyuri is thirty-four, a balloon pilot and ground crew, a married woman. Her husband's crew is packing another field.
She will not let go of the burner igniter. “Just fold the envelope.” Climb into the recovery truck and the night ends as pack-out. Stay in the basket and it stops being pack-out.
Characters
- GyuriBalloon pilot · married woman
- MeNarrator · recovery crew
- HusbandOther field · mentioned
