[ WP ] You were born on a colonizing spacecraft on your way to a distant star . You are the middle generation of history ; born to late to have seen Earth , and to early to live to see your destination .

**Journal Entry 1** 
 
 **February 29th, 2280** 
 
 Hi. 
 
 Um, I'm not entirely sure what to write about but here I am. They told me it would help with the loneliness. 
 
 My name is Terran. I was born on February 29th, 2264. 
 
 I was an accident. 
 
 There's no arguing that because no one was supposed to be born on the colony ship. The only people out of stasis were the crew and... well my parents were on watch and they broke a few rules. 
 
 Today is my birthday. 16. Or 4. Everyone likes to joke about that. 
 
 I do n't know who will read this, maybe it's just mom and dad or maybe it's going to be some historical record. I guess I'm kind of special. 
 
 The boy born in space. 
 
 The boy who died in space. 
 
 They talk about that a lot. Stasis wo n't work on me because of the physiological differences of being born in a zero gravity environment. It would crush me. So they say. I wo n't live long enough to see our new home either. 
 
 So... 
 
 Yeah. That's fun. 
 
 They gave me lots of books though. That was my birthday present. Access to the library. Space is n't all that bad. Sure it's dark and endless but it's got a surreal beauty to it. I do n't mind. 
 
 It just gets a little quiet is all. They decided since I ca n't sleep they'd spread the watches out. So I get four years alone for every six months with the crew now. 
 
 So... yeah. Also fun. 
 
 Tonight I'm going to read Animal Farm. I found it in the library and I'd like to learn about Earth animals. I guess I'll let you know how it goes. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 2** 
 
 **March 2nd, 2280** 
 
 That was not at all what I thought it would be. 
 
 I found another book though, this one was about coastal wolves. 
 
 It was amazing. Wolves! They're these four legged things with fur that hunt and survive and roam in the forests and water. 
 
 Trees! They're so beautiful, stretching up to clear blue skies and soaking up the sunlight. I've never seen anything like that. I wish I could see something like that. 
 
 And water! Of course there's water on the colony ship but there's these huge amounts of it all over Earth! So much of it, as far as you could see and then further. 
 
 Of course you know about these things. I wonder if there will be anything like that at the colony. 
 
 I suppose I'll never know. 
 
 At least I got to see a picture, right? 
 
 That's something. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 3** 
 
 **March 5th, 2280** 
 
 There was a magazine about New York. 
 
 I can get around the ship and I've seen the stasis pods lined up along the stasis bays, thousands and thousands of them. 
 
 In this New York there were pictures of at least as many people walking along the streets. Shoulder to shoulder, packed together in these narrow areas. 
 
 The buildings reaching for the sky, steel and glass. There's plenty of steel and glass around here but it's not the same. 
 
 It also showed the smoke. The darkening sky. Streets filled with garbage and bodies. 
 
 Apparently there was some sort of event, food shortages and riots and water wars. 
 
 I do n't like that. 
 
 What did we do to the blue sky? 
 
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