RETURN TO EARTH - 12:45 AM
Orion appeared above Earth's atmosphere twelve minutes after leaving Jupiter, having crossed 600 million kilometers in the time it took to have a casual conversation, and he felt incredible—energized rather than exhausted, exhilarated rather than depleted, ready for more despite having just casually traveled across the solar system and bisected a moon.
"That felt good," he said with a wide smile that nobody could see but he could feel stretching across his face, "really good—I haven't felt this alive since before cultivation started, before I locked myself in chambers for weeks—just flying through space at impossible speeds, testing abilities that break physics, being completely free of constraints or limitations."
