Sharah stood on the orbital platform waiting for the ship that would deliver her mother, father, and brother to Oed. They were coming to meet Charles and Yavia. To see her of course, but to meet the two people who had changed her life so very much. Sharah was nervous and it was exasperated by the fact that everyone around her was nervous or excited or anxious about their own visitors, trips, deliveries, and just the chaos of the station.

Sharah should have worn her headband, but she didn’t want to scare her parents when they arrived and couldn’t sense her. She felt a little ping that brought a tear to her eyes. Her father. He was out there and getting closer. She’d missed him SO VERY MUCH since she left for the Academy. Soon she was going to have one of his huge all-encompassing hugs. She couldn’t wait.

Dr. Fayth, DoMSS