The grand chase

As she cleared the doors leading from her gilded cage, she tossed a wink at her would-be successor who was making haste to follow. The feel of the stars on her hull felt so good she found her self momentarily forgetting the stakes at hand. Spreading her wings and souring under the station in her ocean of stars once again was a moment too good to ignore. A fleeting moment it would be as her young headstrong sister gave chase, growling all the while to stay and accept that her time was over.

Despite the risks, the dangers, the unknowns, the weariness in her old bones and the fresh bruises on her skin, she was going to bring her captain home, and no one was going to stop her. She felt a measure of her old youthful bravado returning,
"Probably because David is here," she mused, he always brought this out in her.
Casting a glance over her shoulder at her now snarling pursuer she decided that someone needed a lesson in humility. With a dazzling grin she let Nuno have it.
"The stars belong to me little sister. Catch me if you can..."