What, exactly, was the purpose of a journey of Trailblaze among the stars?
Was it to travel through all sorts of bizarre and wondrous worlds, collecting interesting memories and experiences of adventure? Or simply to admire the scenery?
The answer was, of course, no. Since the days when Akivili, the Aeon of Trailblaze, walked the universe, the Astral Express had often been more like a moving bridge, connecting countless worlds to the vast Sea of Stars.
When the good name of the Trailblaze spread among the stars, their travels took on a profound meaning.
They were not merely there to save worlds. They were the chroniclers and messengers of countless worlds, and the Astral Express's Data Bank was a true moving treasure trove, storing information and histories about those worlds.
As the Navigator of the Astral Express, Himeko had also pondered and felt lost. Did everything they did truly have meaning?
But this song, "Interstellar Travel," had given her the right answer: to eventually light up the Sea of Stars with the tiny spark in their hands. What a grand and magnificent ambition. Even if they could never achieve it or see its end, that vision alone was worth the efforts of everyone aboard the Astral Express.
Even if the Nameless aboard the Astral Express came and went, even if she, too, grew old and frail one day, there would always be new young people to take up that tiny spark and continue the long journey of Trailblaze, eventually lighting up the Sea of Stars.
Himeko did not know how many Amber Eras it would take, but as long as the Astral Express remained, their dream would never die.
"Just as I thought... that guy Lin Feng still has so many secrets I don't know about..."
"To write a song