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Kaira checked the time. Just two more hours until they reached the station. Strangely, after finding the long gaps between transitions so hard to bear she’d finally started to get into a routine. Her life aboard the Glimmer had become a little bubble of normality, and the thought of meeting with other people actually made her feel uncomfortable.
She could almost understand why Tarkus wasn't keen on having anyone else aboard or talking to others, and that was after just a short time travelling on the ship. And with Tarkus to speak to as well. But Tarkus had spent many years travelling on his own.
After so much solitude and having to adapt to being content with it, even enjoy it, how much worse must it be for him when he had to face other people? She even had an inkling of why he
