5
Jack had set up a recreational space in one of the Scrappy’s storage rooms. The place wasn’t much to look at. Just four gray walls with a single lamp shining down on a round table. Arin and Rajel were sitting there now, each man inspecting his cards. Jack had printed a braille deck so that his friend could play.
He sighed.
This little room had no windows. Those were something of a rarity on warships like the Scrappy. Windows were a structural weakness, which was something you generally wanted to avoid when designing a ship that would spend much of its time dodging incoming fire. Still, there were moments when he just wanted to look out and see stars. All the TV shows he had grown up with had starships with windows.
Reclining in a chair, Jack held his cards up in front of his face. He
