The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

by Becky Chambers

war was nothing more than an argument in which no one had landed on a better solution than killing each other.

She remembered Tupo – so fluffy and heart-achingly small then – crowing the categories of ships in view. That’s a cruiser! That’s a cargo hauler! That’s a . . . uh . . . a ship!