The Storyteller: The Origin Story

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Twenty-First Birthday

Back when Sen and Kaiji had first joined Captain Gendas’ crew, he had admitted he—and just about every other bounty hunter at the time—had greatly admired Captain Tu and the Horizons. Even when she continued to evade him, there was still a begrudging respect in his words. When Sen saw him standing at the prow of Cocoa Black, floating alongside the Orana without so much as a bad word between them, she knew he had always planned this. He’d always planned to meet Captain Tu.

( 2008 words )