This wasn't Sophie Wexler's first time journeying into space, but this trip was a completely different experience from her last.
The last time, she had been on high alert because of the war with the Starbugs and was in no mood to notice anything else.
But now, Sophie Wexler sat in the military vessel, gazing out the window at the cosmos.
An endless star system stretched before her. Some stars twinkled like tiny dots of light, seeming close but in reality, incredibly distant. The vast star system held countless planets, but not every one of them harbored life.
"What are you thinking about?" a low male voice asked beside her.
"I was just wondering if there are other species in this star system."
Back on Aethel, she had always been curious about whether other planets had life, and what those life forms might be like.
