Seventeenth Light (A hero's welcome)

[curseu_reflexes]

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[The Seattle colony of the LS Cluster... a colony not even graced with a stationary orbit unlike those lucky bastards at the Sides.  The outer reaches of humanity's settlements in the Earth Sphere.  And more importantly, it was home.  It had been for eleven years of her life, and it had been almost a whole year since she'd said goodbye to

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[sunshine_maiden]

It's been a long time, hasn't it, Reilev?

[Sora had heard enough about Seattle Colony that she'd wanted to see it; she hadn't expected such a sizable group to be waiting for Julia, though.]

[curseu_reflexes]

It really has!

It's... hard to imagine that almost twelve years ago the outer regions of the Earth Sphere were a battleground between humans and Irgelions, isn't it?

[sunshine_maiden]

That's a sobering thought. All those years ago, you and I were citizens of an empire set on the destruction of the human race... and now we're living on a ship fighting to save it. Crazy, huh?

[curseu_reflexes]

It happens. This place is our home... humanity took us in, in spite of everything that happened between us. We're just... paying it back for all of that.

[sunshine_maiden]

Then take it easy while you're here. Don't dwell on the past too much; it's history for a good reason. Keep moving forward.

Besides, there are too many people waiting for you here. You don't have time to be thinking about the past, right?

[curseu_reflexes]

Right!

This is home for me, and I'm glad to see that hasn't changed in the time I've been gone!