"Myself..." Rita glanced into the distance. "I'd better stay here and keep an eye on things."
If both of them left, Sakura and Aponia might just tear the kitchen apart.
Lin Nai: That probably won't happen.
Afterward, Lin Nai began wandering around the ship.
Before he knew it, he had drifted into the observation room.
Durandal, who was using a telescope to observe the heavens, turned around at the sound.
"Lin Nai, what are you doing here?"
Durandal smiled. "Weren't you making pastries with Rita in the kitchen?"
"The dough is rising." Lin Nai walked over to Durandal's side. "When did you get here?"
"I've been here the whole time."
Durandal reached out and swiped across the nearby instrument a few times. "These are all photos I plan to show Kiana."
"They're pretty nice."
Lin Nai leaned closer to inspect the pictures. "There are starry skies, but also photos of most of life aboard the ship."
"Yeah, it's just a shame a few are missing. Missing a few?"
Lin Nai turned around in surprise.
"Right, I also prepared some pictures from Earth, such as present-day Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, St. Freya, and so on..."
Durandal's gaze softened. After all, Kiana had not returned for such a long time.
Pictures of home would probably make Kiana happier.
"Durandal really is a wonderful big sister~"
"Th-that's not true..."
Durandal looked embarrassed by the praise.
"No, no, you definitely count as one. Guess what Lobster Doctor and Doctor Einstein gave Kiana as New Year's gifts?"
"Hmm... robots?"
"No. Next year's workbooks and new textbooks."
"..."
Durandal's mind trembled.
It felt as though she had seen the universe... Oh, wait, the universe was right in front of her.
No.
Who gave something like that as a New Year's gift?!
"Because Kiana failed her quiz," Lin Nai