What if when the four of them are old, Virgil is the only one still capable of flight so trains to be able to be a carrier (without the others knowing) so he can take the others up for one last flight. First Lo, as a thanks for his wings, then Ro. He waits for the perfect day (exactly the first time Pat took him in the air) to take Pat up and after Pat had his last flight, Virgil donates his mechanical wings to a museum so he can live the remainder of his life with his friends on equal ground.
You know, I was skeptical of this idea when I first started reading it (I havenāt put in a lot of thought about elderly folks and flying, or what it would take to be a carrier) but by the end I was in love. This is canon. <3










