Teleportation was so convenient. And the gift seemed more valuable than stated in the books.
That was what Lucas was thinking when leaving the hold of the thin spaceship, a light smile on his lips, and a gleam in his golden eyes. The change in pressure ruffled his short white hair, making it move as if the darkness outside had its own wind.
With one step, he was outside, standing as if on solid ground, and with a second one, after looking to the side, he was in front of the azure spaceship, sitting on its gradually brightening shield with one knee up to support his arm, and the other leg resting flat in a casual posture.
One month with successive jumps to arrive somewhere human technology would never have managed to bring them, with each jump covering a few stellar systems, and each day seeing them jumping two to three times.
Indeed, the gift was very expensive.
