Very nice; I like these short stories, too. They really help flesh out the details that illuminate the poetry of a scene within the overall scheme of things.

The following quote stuck with me:

"Me," she said, "I have my own theory. I think we give ships names because they deserve them. Because they are beings of a sort. Because they are each unique - even sister ships of an identical class. Because they live for us who sail in them... and they can die for us as well. Surely a name is the least we can give in return for that."

Touching and true -- I appreciate the sentiment.

Good work, Gryphon,
-T.Zukumori

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"What happened to this one here?"
"I did."
"Uh-huh... and how did you subdue him?"
"I know kung fu."
--cropped from Titans: Convergence by Benjamin D. Hutchins