Well,this is new.Soaring through the cosmos with her arms stretched out, Jena smiled. A slight tilt of her body put her into a banking turn that had her rushing toward a cluster of distant lights.
One of those stars floated up to her. At close range, it looked almost like a gigantic firefly, a light as big as her head. “My, my,” it said, pulsing with every syllable. “What a delicious opportunity.”
Jena flipped upright, descending to land gently on nothing at all. “What opportunity is that?” she asked, striding through the emptiness. The firefly spun around her head, examining her from all sides.
“You have already carried a Nassai!” it exclaimed.
“I have.”
The pulsing star hovered next to Jena’s ear, humming as it moved in closer. “Ilia!” it said. “That was her name! But you didn’t giv
