Dawn mist rises from the wet wooden platform. Wearing an oversized gray coat, Mireu loosens the balloon string wrapped around her wrist and raises a brass barometer to eye level. Droplets clinging to the ends of her tousled black hair fall beside the observation sheet.
Just then, a small balloon snags near the ceiling with a clunk. A scrap of paper is tied to the end of its string; it wasn’t there at launch. Expressionless, Mireu looks back and forth between the clock and the paper.