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Outside the viewport, light and shadow stitched a tapestry across the surface of Himalia. The shuttle ticked the countdown, thrusters firing to control descent to the docking cradle at Base Camp. I videoed everything, but the footage looked like a million other landings on a million other rocky airless surfaces. What made this different? Well, it was me, and this was home.
➤ Scifi novelette about growing up somewhere you always know you're going to have to leave eventually, because it was never intended to be permanent
➤ and leaving your best friend behind, who wants to never leave, because it's home
➤ it's really good!! I had a lot of feelings about the characters, and the way Niri is drawn in Jenny's life through her absence in this day of her return
➤ also it's set in space, on one of the satellites of Jupiter!
➤ wistful vibes
➤ 8k words in length
