Celestial Horizons - Desolate Eden
Paul Warren for Thomas
Wakes up one morning as a national hero of a people he doesn’t understand. Enthusiastic, good-natured, and perpetually smiling, just to convince himself that he’s not on the brink of total mental collapse.
They want me to go on the mission. Said I was the heart and soul of Hypatia, I WAS the system, all of the people saw themselves in me, for the good of their new government, for the spirit of the people, something like that. I don’t remember. Preslynn said that she didn’t want me to have to go but the director gave the order and that the people need to see me go and be a part of things. To send off the old Hypatia, to bring in the new dawn, to represent their confidence… Something like that. I don’t remember. I just sat there and tried to think and she told me that Zayne offered me more of a pension when I came back and tried to talk me into it some more and I said okay. Sure. I’ve done this before. No problem.