Sunday Snippet

[extrapenguin]

Guess who did nothing but write fic and stare into infinity this weekend? Me. Yes, me. /o\ I now have 47k of fic. They're not yet on planet 4 out of 9. Will this be 150k???? Please no. DNW.

There was no dawn or dusk in hyperspace, no day or night, nothing to indicate whether one had woken early or late. Shen Wei stared at the ceiling in darkness, thoughts a restless tangle after Atton's confession and plea. He moved minutely and found himself still worn and weary, in need of rest. Early, then.

Nothing changed in the room. The tiny sliver of a crack under the medbay door blared with blinding light now the room itself was in darkness. The only sound was the hyperdrive. The others must be asleep as well.

Shen Wei sighed. He should calm himself.

Perhaps meditation would help? The bed was already comfortable enough – or as comfortable as a bed could be without Zhao Yunlan in it-

No. He'd think of nothing at all and let sleep come to him when it would.

With a slow and infinite care, Shen Wei slowed his breaths and quietened his mind. He started by breathing against a count, inhalation, hold, exhalation, repeat. He let himself sink down into it, sink beneath the surface of his immediate surroundings, down into the Force. The hyperdrive hummed, the ship's denizens slumbered, and he heard the universe

talking

to itself.

Comments

[satsuma]

The bed was already comfortable enough – or as comfortable as a bed could be without Zhao Yunlan in it-

Aw Shen Wei

(I also love the way the force is described in the last line)

[extrapenguin]

He really misses his Ah-Lan! The universe is being cruel to him. (The universe will be cruel to him for at least another 30k.)

I also love the way the force is described in the last line
Yay! I have put A Lot of thought into how the Force would feel vs Dixing powers, so it's nice to have that bear fruit.

[satsuma]

So cruel! He’s already spent 10,000 years pining and now ZYL is gone again

Yeah the framing of it as ‘the universe’ instead of ‘the force’ felt v in line with SW’s background and also like something he’d be likely to focus on as distinctive—there does seem to be some ambient dark energy in Dixing? but peoples powers seem largely self generated. The force meanwhile, is supposed to be everywhere & effect everything, with individual force users being merely more concious of its influence/able to direct its currents

Also it was just a very pretty phrasing :)

[glymr]

I am intrigued!

[extrapenguin]

Yay!