A Midjourney Story, Part 2

It was rare to find an entire sheet of fabric left, so most balloons were pieced together. That’s how most things have been rebuilt, scavenging parts and fixing them together with whatever tools and bits were close by.

Once ballooners set out between cities, they discovered countless shipwrecks that had been buried where once there was water.

The ship graveyards had opened up, exposing their dead for all to see.

Water was increasingly scarce. Rain was rare, and it seemed as if the underground reservoirs of water must have evaporated in their caves.

One thing the ballooners did discover was that in the early morning and late evening, it was possible to collect dew from the sides of the balloons if they flew high enough.

This is what eventually led to A.W.C., or Air Water Collection.