Everlasting Light 12-1-3003 Gray Horse Midbay (a rare moment of solitude) Volidana had been waiting until she was alone or as alone as one could get on a small Ungstiri starship. The others were in the cockpit save for Hezekiah who was sleeping just a few feet away. She pondered waking him and discarded the thought. The irony of waiting for solitude to perform what would normally be a communal ritual was not lost on her with her ‘parents” insult ringing freshly in her ears. It wasn’t that she was embarrassed about her emotions, she just didn’t want to waste time explaining to anyone that she wanted to cry, needed to cry, something that her parents would again ironically understand. She did not want well meaning words of comfort. Her tears didn’t need to be gently dried. They needed shed fr