"Yes, all of that. It's a lot of responsibility and I often feel bad handing over a bag of rocks in exchange for groceries." Never mind that the United Galaxies were basically a socialist paradise, even with her mother holding the reins.

"They're probably afraid. Of us, of what might be out there. There are good reasons to be afraid."

It's far too small a space for her liking, too, but so was the other world. She'd love to go home for keeps and take a cruiser out among the stars, just because she could. And she often wonders if she could fly enough to see the world beyond if she stayed low enough to the ground.

It is. But she's not expecting to see the commonly known Earth if they ever make it to the stars for whatever reason.