“Oh my God, is that it? Is that Krina?” Marisa rose from her seat, pointing at the planet that was growing in size before their eyes. Mia was staring at it too, her heart beating like a drum from anticipation and excitement.
“Yes,” Korum confirmed, smiling at them. “That is indeed Krina.”
They were all sitting around a floating table, having breakfast. It was their last meal on the ship before their arrival. Connor was unusually quiet again, and Mia could see that her parents were just picking at their food, apparently too nervous to eat normally.
They were sitting in one of the rooms that had a wall facing the outside of the ship—a wall made of the same transparent material as the Krinar houses. Korum had chosen it on purpose, to let them watch as they approached Krina for the first ti
