Jan 27, 2005 23:04
What's the furthest away you've ever been from the place you were born/created? How did you get there? Why did you go? Did you return or even want to come back to where you came from?
Well, I were, was born on a bit of a rock called Greenleaf. It ain't much. I mean, we got doctors there. An' lots of food an' stuff. We ain't Core, but we ain't border neither. Kinda like Persephone, I guess. My daddy were the best mechanic on the planet. If there were work, he got it. Most others didn' even bother.
I can't say I'm totally sure which place we been is the furthest. I joined the crew of Serenity a few years ago. Daddy says I got a gift with engines and Cap'n saw that right off, too. So, he gave me the job an' I been flyin' on her ever since.
We travel all over the 'verse. Core planets. Border moons. We go where the work is. We been right out to the border, to where you's staring into the expanse an' you know that jus' a bit further on is Reaver territory, an' you don't ever wanna go that far. Ain't no comin' back from that. 'Course they's pushin' closer an' closer in every year, which is a mite bit terrifyin' 'cause we find ourselves lookin' at their ships more'n any of us would like.
I guess one of the border moons would be furthest. Whitechapel maybe. I'd have to ask Wash for distances.
Sure, I'd go back home, to see my folks. Ain't likely to happen for a while though. Not much work on Greenleaf, so no real reason Cap'n would take us there.