Under the dim light of an oil lamp, Heidi gently placed the piece of paper containing news from afar on the table. The living room was quiet, the warm light of the lamp and her mother's gentle gaze accompanying her.
She knew about the voyage of the "Homeloss" this time—her father always wrote back, and his recent letters had mentioned many things related to the frontier. She knew the captain had to undertake a great voyage, knew her father would set out with him to the distant frontier—but when she officially heard the news through the channels of the City-State, a different kind of feeling rose in her heart.
It was as if something that had only ever been a vague concept suddenly became tangible, and she looked at the brief words and suddenly realized—ah, they had truly set out.
Her father, her best friend, had embarked on a journey to the end of the world during this long night.
