[Pilot tilts his head back to the sky and then continues, voice soft.]
...in that case. He remembers... flying. There isn't much to see when your between stars or planets. Just distant points of light. But then there are the teams we were close - he remembers - looking down on a planet - a gas giant. A swirling array of colors and storms, all seen from a thousand miles away. And it was beautiful. Terrible and awe-inspiring in how it dwarfed us, a reminder of how small we all were. But - it was wonderful at the same time.
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[Pilot tilts his head back to the sky and then continues, voice soft.]
...in that case. He remembers... flying. There isn't much to see when your between stars or planets. Just distant points of light. But then there are the teams we were close - he remembers - looking down on a planet - a gas giant. A swirling array of colors and storms, all seen from a thousand miles away. And it was beautiful. Terrible and awe-inspiring in how it dwarfed us, a reminder of how small we all were. But - it was wonderful at the same time.