Caedus did not bother to correct her to insist she call him by his name; instead, he just settled next to her. His eyes were on her during all of it, and he seemed to be listening intently as she spoke.
The idea of speaking about his homeworld obviously excited me, and for as happy as he was with the topic, there was a sadness, too.
“Oh, it was something different altogether. It is hard to put into simple words. It was wonderful, though. I hope you will get to see it. In all its glory, ideally. I think, if I had to compare it to anything, it was more like Earth. It was natural, and vast. But the plants were different, the buildings were different. There are parts of it that are foggy in my mind now, but it has been a very long time. Sometimes I see things here that make me homesick, though. Where can I even begin?”
He sighed, but it wasn’t really out of frustration. He sounded a bit overwhelmed, if only because there was
so much he wanted to say.
“The moons were beautiful. They seemed bigger in the sky than this one. I used to dream of going to visit. The trees were tall–but then, I was very small. We lived in abundance. We always used the crystals, but I think we were less dependent on them before we had to leave Velenia. There were animals. We lived in harmony. We did not always have a diet devoid of meat, you know. It became necessary when we had to focus on what resources we could produce. I have not seen anything like them here on Earth, but I have not gone looking, myself. The air was cleaner there. The skies were more colorful. It was quieter there, and never quite as busy as it is on Earth. I could go on forever about Velenia, though. Is there something specific you were curious about?”
