Back home, at last!
To the familiar sight of cities and mountains floating in the air. The large vessels roaming across the sky, sails unfurled to the wind. The balloons, moving up and down, carrying goods from the production islands. The bright sunlight.
So many memories surfacing fast. It feels like not having left the planet for so long.
Except for one thing. While on the blue planet days and nights succeeded, setting the pace and providing rest, over here there is never darkness on the North side, and there is never light in the Southern hemisphere. And this is proving harder to overcome than space lag.
Across the ages people have adapted, so that they can inhabit both areas. Activities and trade were segregated accordingly. Crops are planted and forests are raised in the North, and the resulting wood and wheat transported southward. Stones and water, abundant down under, make the other way around.
And traveling across this world, providing supplies to everyone, is more than a job: it is an honourable mission.
Yes. This is home. This is Solenia!
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| Floating cities |
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| With sails unfurled to the wind |
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| Another shipment completed |
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| In search of raw materials |
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| Across the skies |
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| Water |
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| Starry night |
Dujardin, Sébastien, Solenia, Frasnes, 2018: Pearl Games.
Illustrated by Vincent Dutrait.
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