Lucy/Rich/Open
"It will do that," Richard nodded. "At least until you get in shape. Dora Montgomery and I get together early mornings when I'm in town to work out. Martial arts, running, hit the gym and lift weights sometimes. You're always welcome to join us. Just doing a lot of flying will help too."
"Place to practice." He held up the folder the track official had given him. "I'll leave this with your street clothes so you can take it with you when you leave. Didn't want to make you nervous when you were out there so I didn't tell you; I had the racing officials watching you and timing your fast laps. You passed." Rich grinned. "Here's your track card so you can practice any time the track is open, and I picked up your membership for you. Your track and membership cards will let you on to any of the associated tracks as well - and there are quite a few local tracks scattered around the world. You'll have to check ride and qualify for an authorization card for each track, but from watching you, that shouldn't be at all hard for you to do. I'll show you some of my more favorite tracks if you want to tag along on some of the circuit with me."
"Oh, by the way..." He flipped through the pages in the folder. "Your times were good enough you're eligible for the novice races here. And I just happen to have your entry forms too. Take one first, two seconds, or three thirds in novice class races and you jump to E-classification and can start working your way up. That broom is legal and competitive up through C, which is why we named it what we did. You make it to B and we'll get you another broom and unlock the charms on both so you can start setting one up for short tracks and one for long cross country runs."
"My way of saying thanks for a job well done at the office."