Chapter Forty-Eight
Sitting in a cockpit seat, Jia stared out the window as Earth dropped behind them.
Despite what Emma had suggested, she didn’t feel any special wonder at the massive blue marble just because they were in their own ship. Her previous trip to the moon might have taken away the joy of spaceflight, or the reason for their trip was dampening her enthusiasm. The residual tension stiffening her neck didn’t help.
As with their trip to the moon, this wasn’t a sightseeing expedition, and unlike that trip, there wouldn’t be any interesting landmarks or local culture to observe at the prison.
Virtual displays lit up the control panel. Various tones sounded occasionally. Jia recognized a few from her pre-study for flight training, including a slow pulsing proximity warning indic
