No Space for Family [Chapter 6] The journey continued for several more days without a hitch. I talked with Hows as much as the time allowed. Well, I pretty much always snuck away to talk to him, usually when my dad was napping or after dinner when my he switched with my mom and tookContinue reading “Incompatible with Life”
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The Good Doctor
No Space for Family [Chapter 5] When the transfer finally finished, a lot of time had passed. Something about playing cards with Grandma made that time seem to drag on longer. Luckily she went off for a nap before the final systems checks. I jumped up from my studies at the common room table asContinue reading “The Good Doctor”
A Watched Pot
No Space for Family [Chapter 4] Grandma took some time to get used to things. The first morning, a knock came to the door of my brother’s room. That’s the one I was sharing with him in case you forgot. Terren got himself up and opened the door. Beyond the blinding light was Grandma, allContinue reading “A Watched Pot”
A New Trick or Two
No Space for Family [Chapter 3] Consider space— like, outer space, for you people that live on a planet. Consider that there is more nothing than there is something. Does that make sense? Like there are stars and planets and asteroids and other little celestial bodies, but the rest of that is literally nothing. AndContinue reading “A New Trick or Two”
Step Mother Board
No Space for Family [Chapter 2] I could have gotten out of there if I tried. My brother’s and my rooms used to be secure storage areas back when the Ora was a regular freighter. They were rooms where valuable or fragile cargo was stored away and protected. That way, if someone boarded the shipContinue reading “Step Mother Board”