::Azucena::

The shuttle eased onto the landing strip and for a brief moment, I thought we were still airborne.  I realized it was the motion of the waves, seesawing in a rhythmic lull. 

Nyu produced a small bottle.  “This will help.”

I shook my head.  “I’ll be alright.  Thanks.”

I closed my eyes and let myself drift in the undulating displacements of the sea.  On the surface of this planet, I was no longer master of my body.  I belonged to the g-forces that dragged me down in a primordial spiral of possession. Gravity, I thought, was the ultimate fall.