Asharena was profoundly shaken by the endless stars scattered across the boundless void, and throughout the entire "observation capsule segment" that followed, her gaze almost never left the vast starfield beyond the high‑strength transparent polymer conduit—even though the scene that seemed to rush straight at her brought a near‑trembling sense of oppression to someone facing the stars for the first time, even though she felt as if she might tumble out of this tiny orbital capsule, "falling" into that limitless darkness, she still could not pull her eyes away.
The stars seemed to possess a certain Magic Power, drawing the gaze of every intelligent being who beheld them deep into their midst.
And after a while, something else suddenly entered Asharena's field of vision—metallic objects drifting in the distant void, gleaming like sparkling gems under the starlight.
