Izramith woke up with a shock when the floor vibrated. Ashamed, she looked around to see if anyone had noticed her sleeping. But no, the cabin was flooded with light from outside and everyone was looking out the window, where she could see a blue sky, and something else people from Hedron would never have seen in their lives: sunlight. Izramith remembered sunlight from Indrahui. It was bright and hot and impossible to look into. It was so bright that the glare hurt her eyes. Much brighter than the light room in the settlement. Much brighter than lights in the large agriculture hall.
And worse than at Indrahui, because this system had two suns.
The craft banked, bringing a large body of glistening water into view. More water than all of the underground reservoirs in Hedron put together. T
