#odyssey

Gwen's screen is cracked, but it still turns on! So does Thistle's. But there is a blank spot where a signal should be. Alas, no coverage here.

It's starting to get dark.

Mostly noticable by Art squinting a bit as he looks over the charts, and Citrine is more visible by her light glow.

"Okay, let's batten down the hatches and take shifts. Art, stars will be out soon to see if you can figure out where we are..."

"We get that, I get the engine running..."

"Oh! Right! Can I borrow that little flashlight? I need to see the charts and the stars at the same time..."

"Better save the batteries" She turns it off

She hands over the little flashlight.

"I'm not sure how to batten anything. But... I think whatever is left on this old boy is probably going to hold together, or it will have fallen apart already.

Let's go watch the sunset, though?"

"Yeah, a sunset over the ocean? Can't miss that" Gwen seems startled how amazing this all is. For once, she feels like SHE's the rookie with these two. And that's.. that's okay. She can trust them to keep her from doing something stupid.

"I wonder what the colors will be like?"

"Well, now's the time to see!"

It is stunning, all the more so because there is no land to be seen to break up the endless horizon. It's lovely, yet daunting, yet... well, they each know how they feel.

small Gwen thinks in surprise This is what it's like to feel small, but NOT be scared. Wow