a trait that would become essential in the centuries to follow. After all, if you can survive a catastrophe while wearing a bird mask, you can likely survive anything. In the next chapter, we will trade the leather beaks for the longbows of the Hundred Years War, where we will discover that the logistics of medieval warfare were every bit as strange and bureaucratic as the plague-ridden streets of London. But for now, let us appreciate the bird mask for what it truly was: a testament to the human refusal to give in to despair, even when the air itself seems to be against us.
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