It is a well-known fact that flying into clouds can lead to loss of orientation.
It is a less well-known fact that flying into clouds may lead one somewhere else entirely.
In fact, only one person has learned this so far.
She crashes into the glass and attempts, unsuccessfully, to continue her flight pattern from inside the globe. Swoo—crash. Turn, orient on him, sw—crash. Turn again, orient on him, sw—crash. Impacts with the globe seem to disrupt her sufficiently that she never reaches the feather-firing stage of the swoop.
Any inventory-sized object he has claimed or is holding provides him with its little tooltip. Shiny Red Balloon, Guide to Plant Fiber Cordage, 10 Empty Bottles, 8 Iron Bars, 1 Herb Bag. The Shiny Red Balloon and Guide to Plant Fiber Cordage can be equipped by expanding them to non-inventory size and keeping them about his person; the 10 Empty Bottles can be expanded to non-inventory size and that seems to be it; the 8 Iron Bars can be placed in the world in the same manner as the Sunplate Blocks; and the Herb Bag can be opened, although it doesn't deign to inform him what results the opening action will have.