Guido, still overjoyed at the discovery of another one of his kind, barely seemed to notice at first that this total stranger had addressed him by name. “Y–Y–Y–Yeah, that’s me! I’m– Hey...wait a minute, how do you know my name?”
“Uhhh...” the red glider stammered. He snapped out of his daze, realizing that he had accidentally given away a piece of information he felt he probably shouldn’t have. “It’s...kinda hard to explain...”
“But I’ve never met you before. Have you heard of me?”
“You might say that, yeah.”
“Well, anyway, I–I–I–I’m so glad to meet you! This is the best day of my life! Not the flying into you part...I’m sorry about that...I’m used to crashing into things, but I don’t know if you are...”
The red glider held up a hand. “It’s okay!” he blurted.
Guido immediately fell silent. He stared up at the older dinosaur, looking worried that he had irritated the only other member of his kind he had ever met.
The red glider recognized Guido’s expression (he had been in far too many similar situations himself), and immediately felt guilty. He recoiled humbly, meshing his fingers together and twiddling them fretfully. “Uh, sorry...sorry. Didn’t mean to sound angry there. Just...needed to get a word in edgewise, ya know?” He smirked amiably, hoping to dissolve the tension. “And, uh...as for the whole aerial collision thing, that was my fault, really. It was my first time gliding, and I didn’t know how to steer.”
“Oh, uh...uh...that’s okay,” Guido said. He was trying his best to be polite, not wanting to offend his newfound kin. “Well, uh, you looked like you were doing pretty well for your first time.”
The red glider smiled sheepishly. “Well, I...didn’t have much choice. A raptor–er, fast biter was chasing me, and I was at the edge of a cliff, so I just sorta dove off.”
“You dove off a cliff?! Wow, you’re as crazy as I am!” He paused. “I–I–I–I mean...I didn’t mean–”
The other glider held out his hand again. “It’s okay, it’s OKAY!” he shouted a second time, interrupting Guido before he could start another of his awkward ramblings. To show that he wasn't offended, he laughed. “You don’t have to apologize. You’re right. Sometimes I wonder if I’m not crazy myself. A lot of the time, actually. I’m a major weirdo, at any rate.”
Guido chuckled. “Same here! At least, that’s what everybody tells me. Hey, maybe you’re my long-lost older brother or something!”
“Well, I doubt that,” the red glider laughed.
“What’s your name, anyway?”
“Uh...” The red glider hesitated. He was still nervous about telling his real name to individuals he had never met, but felt he had known for a long time and respected immensely. Besides, even if he hadn’t changed much mentally, he was in a completely different body now, and if he was in the Land Before Time universe, he would have to fit in the best he could. Truth be told, he had never felt compatible with the rest of the world as a human either, but he had always done his best to pull off a semblance of normality (while still being mostly himself), and figured that doing the same here wouldn’t be all that different. Ironically, he realized that after spending so long trying to fit into human society, he would have to live as a dinosaur trying not to act too much like a human. Perhaps such a switch was reason enough to use an alternative title, and he chose the first one that came to mind.
“Call me Pangaea.”
