Spectrum: Breaking Light by Darren Sloan

Author:Darren Sloan [Sloan, Darren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2015-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Heaven is a Place on Xenos

I tried to convince Panther to camp in the old village. Her injuries weren't severe, but she needed to rest and mend, but she was determined to keep pushing on. After hours of fighting and threatening, she finally accepted that she needed rest so we set up camp right there.

I got together some bit of food and we ate and then I checked her wounds again. Once I had her set to right, I left her to sleep and I went out to find a place for me to sleep. The shacks that were available looked too rickety and unstable, so I opted to camp outside. It was a warm night and I was able to gather up some old blankets and I put together a rather comfy little nest for myself.

The sky turned dark and I saw the stars begin to peek out from the black cloak of night. I just stared up and watched the lights dance. My thoughts drifted to Earth and Tyler. If I had been on Earth, I could have just consoled myself that he and I were under the same sky, but I was millions of light years away. The star light I was seeing wouldn't even get to Earth in my lifetime. I heard footsteps behind me. I turned and it was Panther hobbling toward me.

"What are you doing up?" I asked as I got up in order to take her back.

"I couldn't sleep and I'm feeling better."

"Don't care. You need rest. You'll be able to sleep once you're lying down."

"I saw you looking up at the sky. What were you looking at?"

"The stars. I was looking at the stars."

"Oh. Why?" Her question threw me a bit. I don't think I had ever heard anyone question why anyone else would look up at the stars before.

"I was looking at them because I guess they remind me of Earth. They look just like the stars I see in our sky."

"Of course they do. They're stars. They look the same to everyone, everywhere."

"It was just making me homesick. I miss my planet. I miss Tyler."

"Tyler?"

"He's kind of like my boyfriend." Panther looked back at me with little to no understanding.

"A boyfriend?"

"Don't you have boyfriends and girlfriends here? People in love?"

"On Xenos, we have eliminated the concept of romantic attachment. In the past it was found distracting at best. Destructive at worst."

"So, no one on Xenos is in love with anyone else?"

"There is admiration and appreciation for individuals. We just don't allow ourselves to be mired in the meaningless rituals of so-called love relationships. It frees our minds and makes us all far more productive."

"Yeah. I bet that really beats being in love. How can you tell me no one here falls in love? I saw kids in the city. Where did they come from?"

"Just because we don't subscribe to your notion of love doesn't mean we ignore the need to enrich our population. Children are needed to propel our race through the ages.

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