Oh, no, Joel got it. And when This Thing AKA The Ground started to heave itself upward, he was very busy trying to keep his center of gravity low.... but not so low that he slid off the back and fell dozens of feet to his probable death.

"Jesus this thing moves..." He muttered more to himself than anyone else. He wouldn't mind one of these for his own use. He could have had Ellie to Colorado and back in no time flat...

...it was weird, how often she popped unbidden into his memory. All he could think was how much swearing would she do if she could see him now?

"If the bike loses grip and we fall off and die." he said as close to Gordon's ear as he could "It was nice knowing you."