Thread:Faenor of the Silver Laurel/@comment-26084195-20170104064405/@comment-26444332-20170125012200

Though Azusa does not bow (as he should not expect a Queen to bow to anyone), Kurenai and Ariwara both reciprocate. Once Claz has cleared the area, the boarding ramp slowly closes, and with a blast of superheated air, the engines of the Aetanii vessel ignite, sending it slowly rising into orbit.

Azusa watches the planet's features slowly fall away, becoming a large orb surrounded by the infinite stars.

'Did you have fun, my daughter?' she asks in Aetanii.

'I believe I had the first true fun I've had in quite some time, mama,' Kurenai replies. 'Not since you would take me sailing on the White Seas back home, or when we windskimmed through the Sky Canyons.'

'Yes, we haven't done that in a while, have we... Perhaps after this Alliance delegation on Aetan, we ought to go windskimming again. Just you and me.'

'I'd like that.'

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Claz can see on the scanners the Aetanii fleet flickering with pseudomotion, before jumping away.