Kaira settled into the seat to Tarkus’s left, then stared at the planet ahead of them. It had expanded to fill almost the entirety of the front view now, and she felt as if it was looming towards them.
“How much longer?” she asked.
“We’re nearly there. You’d better strap yourself in now, we’ll start hitting the atmosphere soon.”
“It doesn’t look any more inviting up close, does it?”
“No, but it has got a certain beauty.”
“I guess I prefer my beauty of the type that won’t kill you if you step out into it.”
“You seem to be quite taken with the mists of jump space. I’m certain stepping out into those would kill you.”
“I suppose. That’s different though. It’s not somewhere I’m supposed to be able to go. But a planet… I always thought of planets as somewhere I could go out. Look a
