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

Karilan nodded and then laid their head on hers. “I have had that feeling more than once since I have been here. I don’t like it.” They paused for a long moment and then said “There are rumors that the new Governor intends to move everyone off world and lease the city to species who can survive without the dome. I heard some of the contractors who did work on the shop talking about it. I think that sounds… off. From what I have read about him, he does not seem like the type.”

Karilan

Kaili chuckled softly. “You are right. From my meetings with him he didn’t strike me as they type of person who’d do that either,” she replied while gently caressing Karilan’s side. After an almost imperceptible pause, she asked, “Can I tell you a secret?” She trusted Karilan completely, hence why she hadn’t asked if they could keep a secret, but she wanted to give them the choice to say no. After all, not everyone wanted to know secrets.

~Kaili