Unable to sleep, Myrilla Nakamura passed the time staring out the glasssteel observation blister of the transport ship, idly admiring the silver rings hugging Mercury below.
Educational text flitted across her eyelinks in neon red. It was a welcome distraction from the fighter ships exploding through her memories. “Each ring is made up of millions of orbital solar arrays, which are constantly harnessing energy. This close to the sun, the arrays burn out quickly. Yet with the abundance of silicon on Mercury’s surface, hundreds more can be rapidly constructed—”
—They’re all disposable, Myrilla thought. A million burning soldiers. Just like me.
Author’s Note: The mercenary, Myrilla Nakamura, is a character that I’ve included in another story I wrote about Mercury, “The Blind Mystic,” which was published in The Vanishing Point Magazine. You can purchase it on Amazon.
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