Well would you look at the time.

As Gilda told her stories the distance between you two slowly shrank, you didn't notice it at the time but now things are kind of awkward. You just sit in silence and anxiety, waiting for her to give some sort of sign on what to do next. Your heart rate is getting so high it is literally starting to hurt. Gilda sighs and gets up off the ground, walks towards the window, you get up and try to walk after her. You struggle to regain balance you take your place beside Gilda at the window, she turns to face you.

“You should probably get some sleep” her voice has care and disappointment in it.

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“I still have some things to do so I’ll see you at some point tomorrow. You know marching drills and the like.”

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“Admiral Abysswalker doesn't want us practicing alongside the grunts for some reason”

With that Gilda left the room, she turned off the lights as she left so you were left alone in a dark room. You turned your attention back to the window, you are now above Equestria and Ceaseless Discharge is going at a much slower speed. From you planning session with Rosetta you know that your window is facing north, so the three brilliant lights in the distance should be Baltimare, Fillydelphia and Manehattan. Equestria has so much more grasslands than home does, they also don't have monster producing fog blanketing the entire continent.

The dark shadows of trees and mountains slowly pass by as the ship continues to slow itself down. You know huge ships like these need several hours to stop, you wonder if you are also descending as you watch the scenery slowly pass by. You should follow Gilda’s advice and get to sleep.

You lazily toss yourself into your bed, you don’t do your bed so you just throw your blanket over yourself. You don’t feel tired so laying in bed felt just a little bit off, after some more tossing and turning you sit back up. A strange, implacable feeling is preventing you from relaxing. You fall back into bed and try to force yourself to sleep, with slow breathing among other things you finally lulled yourself to semi-relaxed state.

As you lay restlessly you become aware of two things, the ship is moving and this is going to be a long night.

Author's Note

(Right... this is rushed micro chapter to keep momentum while I try to figure out where to take the story)