"Kulu," Hana called out, stepping through the waterfall's mist and holding up one of the sleek, matte-black quadcopters. "Before you take off with that haul, we're doing a speed test. I want to see if these four drones can keep up with you."
Kulu shifted his weight under the heavy load of the Aegis batteries, his massive red wings rustling. He looked at the compact machine in her hand, his head tilting slightly as his amber eyes narrowed in confusion.
"This thing… it has no feathers, Hana," Kulu noted, his voice low and steady. "No flesh. How does it stay in the air if the wind does not carry it?"
"It doesn't need feathers. It runs on electricity and programming," Hana replied, not bothering to explain the aerodynamics of carbon-fiber rotors to a beastman.
She tapped a command into her tablet, and the four drones suddenly beeped, their small green status lights blinking to life as the blades began to spin with a low, aggressive whine.
