Posted by Civilian Karilan Massat (Owner - Parchment and Quill Bookstore) in Karilan’s Apartment - After The Opening

Posted by Civilian Luana Iolani Kaili (Director of Medical and Social Services) in Karilan’s Apartment - After The Opening

Posted by Civilian Karilan Massat (Owner - Parchment and Quill Bookstore) in Karilan’s Apartment - After The Opening

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Karilan smiled. Looking at her, the excitement was evident. ” First starship I ever worked on. You never forget your first.” and they laughed.

Karilan

“I suppose so,” Kaili chuckled and then was silent for a moment; pondering what her favourite memory was. Finally she said, “For me it’s not just one moment, but a lot of small, almost every day things. Like, whenever neither of us had to go to school or work in the morning or an early appointment or something and it was warm enough, we would get the picnic blankets and lay down in the backyard and watch the stars appear in the night sky.”

~Kaili

Karilan smiled and said “That sounds lovely.” They looked out the window by the tub. The city was beautiful at night… but it was an artificial night. “I do miss the stars…”

Karilan

“So do I,” Kaili whispered softly as she followed Karilan’s gaze. Slipping one arm around their waist, she kissed their shoulder tenderly before resting her head there. “I like being on Oed, but at times it’s unnerving that we can never see the sky. I’ve lived on starships and space stations before and of course you can’t see the stars from every place there either. But you know that as soon as you walk back into a room with windows there they are. Of course I know that the stars are still where they have been for time immemorial. And still it sometimes feels as if they no longer exist,” she whispered softly, almost a little wistfully.

~Kaili