The bell rings, and the gray corridors of the Venus colony hum with the same quiet, crowded lives as always. Margot, who remembers sunlight from a distant Earth, clings to the memory while her...
The bell rings, and the gray corridors of the Venus colony hum with the same quiet, crowded lives as always. Margot, who remembers sunlight from a distant Earth, clings to the memory while her classmates mock her for believing in something they cannot see. When the sun finally breaks through the clouded sky and the room fills with gold, the others steal away with the moment they’ve waited for—except Margot, who has already been pushed aside again. The world outside is bright, dangerous, and true, but in the hands of the pushy crowd, that truth flickers and dies before it can be shared. The day ends as it began: in the shade of the corridor, with the rain returning and a quiet ache for something irreplaceable.
