Sulagyn62 May 2026
The commander, a father of two, lowered the tablet. He looked at her optical sensor—a single blue lens flecked with corrosion—and saw something he’d been trained to ignore: a reflection of his own quiet duty.
She salvaged the pod. Not for data, but as a shrine. sulagyn62
“Please,” the recording whispered. “Tell my mom I wasn’t scared.” The commander, a father of two, lowered the tablet