The small girl sat in the middle of the tiny room, skirt puddled around her. The dress was too small, but she didn’t really notice. She’d worn it for too long, it was ‘normal’ by now. As was the fact that despite her young age she sat alone in this room. She’d learned to keep herself company, and occupied. Sometimes, it was making up stories in her head to go with the sounds she heard from up above. The ship sailed through the seas nearly continuously, it’s missions centered on the small grou...

The small girl sat in the middle of the tiny room, skirt puddled around her. The dress was too small, but she didn’t really notice. She’d worn it for too long, it was ‘normal’ by now. As was the fact that despite her young age she sat alone in this room. She’d learned to keep herself company, and occupied. Sometimes, it was making up stories in her head to go with the sounds she heard from up above. The ship sailed through the seas nearly continuously, it’s missions centered on the small grou...