On Borrowed Wings

[Dusk]

recording...
location: baffin system
current date: 25.07.835
local time: error
detected entities: locksmith

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"Things were much simpler back in the day, weren't they, friend?"

Defender hovered in space above the orange planet. The pilot leaned back, motionless, observing the cosmic landscape.

"You know, they were even more simple before we met. Every day a struggle. For a piece of food, for a warm place to sleep. Maybe not the happiest days, but they kept me on my toes. Didn't let me get lost in those useless thoughts."

"I guess it's my own fault. Imagined things that never happened. Believed in my ideal picture that never existed."

"Emilia doesn't want me to be mad at Thallia. I wouldn't be anyway. I can only blame myself. And I still find it hard to believe that it's true. I want to linger in my illusions. Stupid dreams that it was something special."

"I wish you were here, Yoko. Right now, I could really use a friend I could trust. But... This place will do. You might not answer, but I can still talk to you."

"Still... I should probably go back. Sawback won't fix itself."

Pause. The engines, having barely set the fighter in motion, suddenly fell silent again.

"Some kind of large ship approaching..."

"Bundschuh cruiser?.. Here?.. Emilia... You actually decided to check on me."

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