Begin to see me, worthy Sailor, navigator Living on the ocean for days The spirit of the sea lies below us Above us, dark skies of gray I just can’t let it go The search for the grail has gone cold But a wreck of a ship lies below us…

“The Everlasting” quick and dirty acoustic cover, with some awful singing. “The Everlasting” written by Bradfield/Moore/Wire, originally by Manic Street Preachers.

At first, all the cogs and gears worked gracefully. Those hibernated on the Generation Ship lived happily under the watchful eye of its holographic array, in a state of simulated bliss. I could only watch from behind glass. A conductor cannot…

Within the holographic display of the Generation Ship, this was the first dream that they programmed. It would repeat and echo itself across an infinite number of simulated lifetimes, adding some tender warmth to the Great Sleep.