Sure, flight is faster and more generally applicable, but being right next to the ground and going this fast is its own thing to be enjoyed.
Some object darker than the expanse of salt catches Thanjen's eye.
It's worth removing obstacles, whether they're lost things, litter, or natural. He slows down and turns back to get a closer look at it.
It's a shaped piece of rock, a round ring with a round bar crossing its one-foot diameter, its unpolished surface decorated with intricately carved designs in an unfamiliar style. The material is similar to blue granite, but somewhat more uniform in texture.
The apologetic one says some more apologetic things, still incomprehensible. The sweeper sweeps. The smasher asks the other two a question and they both shake their heads.
The apologetic one takes a step as though intending to block his way, but then the sweeper snags the apologizer's sleeve and pulls him out of Thanjen's path. The smasher rolls her eyes at them both, opens the door, and strides off purposefully.
No one attacks him! It's a hallway. The only other person visible is the purposefully striding woman who smashed the sculpture.
They are arguing with one another.
The sweeper breaks off first, looks back at him, asks an incomprehensible question.
He shows them a little blobby flowing-colored-glass scene of a little person (probably supposed to be him) making their way out of a cutaway little building with hallways (probably supposed to be this building).
They both nod comprehendingly, then... start arguing with each other again.
Figure of a person walking back and forth confusedly in a hallway!
Comprehending nods! Escalating argument!
The sculpture-smasher comes striding purposefully back down the hall. She's leading another woman, also tall, also pointy-eared. This new person smiles at Thanjen.
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