Bringing Stella Home
““There she is,” said his father as they approached within visual range. “What a sight for sore eyes.”
“Yeah,” said James.
Nestled among the numerous Trojan asteroids trailing the third planet, the small, disk-shaped space station was like an oasis in the void. Through the vacuum of space, James clearly made out the white buildings and green parkways that he knew so well, even from a distance. The two docking arms jutted out horizontally along the plane of the disk, marking the poles around whic...h the station made its diurnal revolutions like a coin on a tabletop. Around these arms, a dozen starships shimmered in the light of the sun, speckles of gold against the ebony backdrop of space.
The sight reminded James of his first voyage away from his beloved home—and the powerful emotions of the subsequent homecoming. He had been barely five years old at the time, and though the family vacation had only lasted a month, to his childish sensibilities it had felt like an eternity. Nothing had been able to cure him of his homesickness.MoreLess
“Yeah,” said James.
Nestled among the numerous Trojan asteroids trailing the third planet, the small, disk-shaped space station was like an oasis in the void. Through the vacuum of space, James clearly made out the white buildings and green parkways that he knew so well, even from a distance. The two docking arms jutted out horizontally along the plane of the disk, marking the poles around whic...h the station made its diurnal revolutions like a coin on a tabletop. Around these arms, a dozen starships shimmered in the light of the sun, speckles of gold against the ebony backdrop of space.
The sight reminded James of his first voyage away from his beloved home—and the powerful emotions of the subsequent homecoming. He had been barely five years old at the time, and though the family vacation had only lasted a month, to his childish sensibilities it had felt like an eternity. Nothing had been able to cure him of his homesickness.MoreLess
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