The delivery drone wasn't meaningfully different from the ones that delivered packages back on Earth, a slim plastic drone covered in solar paint with six soft plastic propellers. This one had the same design they did, which minimized "sound bleed" by focusing almost all the noise directly downward. Not all of it, obviously, since she'd still heard it. Still, these ponies could fly. Did anyone see you? James thought, nervously watching the drone as it soared in over her head and landed on the bare floor. Well, landed wasn't quite the right word. 