Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Event Horizon- Amongst the Stars

Posted by James Sinclair in Event Horizon- Amongst the Stars

Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Event Horizon- Amongst the Stars

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It was part way through their walking (and lovely kissing) that Faye realized something odd… her brain had stopped calculating and thinking in the background. It was much like is was when she did yoga. All the extraneous thoughts just meted away. She wasn’t a different person, just more of her at her core was allowed to be present.

She broke into a wide grin and chuckle.d more to herself than anything. “Walking meditation…” she mused aloud.

~Faye

“Nothing quite like the feel of real wilderness under your feet, is there?” Daggum asked rhetorically. He looked down at her and said “What if you could spend part of your life exploring the Stars, and part in a cabin in the woods? Think you’d balance the time between the two? Or would one overshadow the other?”

Daggum

Faye seemed to ponder that for a few moments and as she did she reached out and let her fingers brush the bark of one of the trees. “Maybe,” she said honestly. “I’ve always felt, I dunno, restless. My dad used to say my mom and I have always had a strong case of wanderlust. But I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Ask me again at or after the wake. I think I’ll be able to answer more clearly.”

She quirked a smile. “But I could never live in the woods. At the edge would be good. A place for a garden and visual space. I’d feel too claustrophobic, otherwise. But the woods are right there and the-” She stopped, her words with her? He said fully honest, right. She promised. “It should be a right of passage as a kid to learn to climb a tree.” She didn’t look at Dag, but rather her fingers once again sought the reassuring sensation of bark against her fingertips.

~Faye

Daggum leaned his shoulder against the same tree and looked down at her. “And to learn to swim, too, I think.” And he looked up, through the ceiling and out at the stars around them.

“You know, I wondered from time to time what I could ever teach any kid I might have. Never had a parent… no clue how to do that. Not even a rudimentary one. But I’ve had a few friends with children. So I know I at least make a good walking playground for them to climb on.” and looked back at her and smiled. He took her hand and lifted it to his lips, kissed it gently, and said “C’mon, one more spot to show you…” and he led her towards the center of the garden.

Daggum