Stand there, before the great windows, staring out in the depth of space. Deep black curtains draped into infinity in ever direction, stars glimmering like diamonds i the folds. Space was always breathtaking.

But as her eyes searched more and more frantically for a familiar consalation or moon, she found none, and his word brought her little hope.
Through sheer force of will she held her emotions in unbreakable check, and instead of rising up into questions, she did what her training told her to do.

Alia sough to catch his gaze, her glowing blue-in-blue eyes filled with confusion and loss.
Her mind reached to comprehend what he was telling, and yet hold her girlish fragility act. If she was alone, having someone to protect her could not be a bad thing, at least till she figured things out herself.

"Then how do we go home?"