Teaser Tuesday: Almost There!!!1!

It's been awhile since I've teased, hasn't it?

Well, Internet, here go you. Fresh off the laptop. As in, I just wrote this. I think it captures both the point in my story (generation ship Maia Asherah has almost arrived at its destination) and the current state of my manuscript, which is ZOMGALMOSTDONEWHATNOWEEEEE!, pretty well.

After the shuttle departed, something changed, shifted, about the mood of the ship. I'd walk through the districts and hear how nobody spoke except in whispers. In the...