Chapter Fourteen
Ethan watched the curve of the planet’s surface straighten out as the shuttle sank lower into the atmosphere. Below, the regular lines of the settlement were clear to see, carved on the natural landscape. After the heat of the meeting his emotions were finally calming, and the sight of the settlement and the planet they had yet to name provoked an unfamiliar feeling in him.
The only sensation he could liken it to was how he used to feel when returning to the kindergartners’ dorm at the end of the day when he was a little boy. His spirits would rise when he saw the room and his caregivers. Even the smell of the place had made him feel warm and content.
His feeling at that moment in the shuttle was similar, only stronger. He was looking forward to returning to the farmers
