She looked over at Dareon, as though to test him. “Five hours,” Dareon finished. “Exactly,” Jionna said. “Best get ready. I’ll make sure there’s an extra place for the beautiful Amal here.” Amal blushed at her compliment, then headed back to the van with Dareon. They then continued to unload the
Amal had spent a great deal of time ruminating about applying for citizenship at the Federation. She had become distrustful and disillusioned of offers such as those. In her old life, she and her family had been offered asylum by a few governments, but she had learned that there were ulterior moti
Her face turned redder than before, this time more visibly so. She wasn’t used to being watched, being seen. At least, not with kind eyes. ...His eyes. “Ah!” Dareon said. “Are you alright? Do you need water or something?” He immediately dug into his supplies to find his canteen, as she tried her
Regardless, it was a great deal for him to bear, no matter how ready he felt nor how much he had been prepared. Most critically, everytime he looked up at the stars, his heart couldn’t help but skip a beat. “I know I gotta stay here,” he said. “Maybe it’s just a fool’s dream, you know? Maybe… may
The ground whipped by quickly as the tractor sped towards the chaos. It had reached maximum velocity and was cruising at a relatively good pace. Its main display showed that they had topped out their speed, which fluctuated between 24 to 26 meters per second. Although it wasn’t fast compared to spa
Though he was a wreck, she kept her nerves. It wasn’t as though her own mind wasn’t awash with questions, but she had learned to quell them in order to stay calm. She learned that a quiet heart resulted in a sharper mind, and that was necessary to stay alive. Those lessons came to her the hard way
Temperatures started to rise and hit red, but Amal quickly shut off the damaged pump and redirected the coolant to move around it. The tractor was wounded and ran a little hot, but she still flew. Dareon leaned out and fired his rifle at one of the overly zealous marauders. The thug’s head burst o
Amal woke up with a start and quickly looked around to get her bearings, but her sight was hazy at best. She saw that she was in a dark room, and could tell that there were a number of other people there. But before she could take a better look, or even ask what was going on, pain suddenly flashed