Calla What's Life Like On Earth

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“Calla, what’s life like on Earth? I’ve never been, but I’ve always wanted to visit and see what life was like on a planet that hadn’t known about life in other parts of the universe for so long,” Ida attempts, trying to make conversation to lighten the dreary mood that had settled on them all once again. “It’s boring, I guess. Nothing notable. And, it’s not like people didn’t know about life in other parts of the universe, it’s just that Earth has done some… fairly questionable things and most other entities were highly distrustful of humans. Actually, most humans are highly distrustful of other humans, so it’s not that surprising,” Calla responds absentmindedly. She was busy trying to perfect the operation of the ship. Never had she operated controls like the one this craft had, but she trusts that with another ten minutes or so she will have everything mastered. Her …show more content…
“Max… how is the loop? Is everything firing correctly, weapons online?” Max grunts, eyes not wavering from the screen before him. Ida is worried about him, as she’s sure they all are, but she just doesn’t know how to help him. “Are we nearing the destination?” Quinten’s voice spoke in each of their headsets. He had unfortunately been shoved into the cargo area of the ship, as the cabin was only meant to hold three people. “Nearly,” Calla responds, “Not long now. If the information we received is correct we should be arriving at the base ship in approximately twenty-five minutes. Make that twenty-four minutes. Stand ready crew.” The cabin falls silent as they all begin to ready themselves for the upcoming battle. A massive army is on standby, waiting for their command to attack, but knowing that the enemy they were up against had wiped out entire planets with hardly a scratch to their ego, it was difficult to believe that they could win

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