Chapter 98: C: Dream within Dream

The planet spun before her, barren and uninhabitable, and the sight triggered a pang in her heart. Even if it could be terraformed into something that people could survive upon, this world would never…

The feeling of waves washing over her skin pulled her focus away from the familiar screen. A memory of swimming in unconfined open waves overlapped with the more familiar memory of the large pool she had once played in. Her attention erased the half-there memory that the sight of the planet had pulled up.

Rafaela shook her head, to dispel the errant thoughts that distracted her from that view, and the planet in the screen transformed to one far different. Familiar, a corner of her mind whispered, while her eyes took in the unique shapes of the land that broke up the broad oceans.