<b><div style="text-align: center"><a class="link link--external" href="http://fav.me/d46cgv2" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">David "Maze" King</a>​</div></b><br/>To put it simply, the view as the duo stepped foot onto their new planet was.... breathtaking. A harmonious disharmony of sounds, smells, and sights all together threatened to overwhelm the giant's senses, and for a while David thought he would pass out from the beauty and excitement of it all. To say he was stunned would be to call the sun hot or to say ice was cold. The multitude of sensations around him were getting to be a bit much, and as much as he wanted to take it all in, David could feel he was beginning to feel lightheaded. It was then that he realized he had yet to breathe properly.<br/><br/>His lungs burning from a lack of oxygen, David tried to take a few gasping gulps of the surrounding air, and though he found the process difficult compared to what he was used to on the ship, the mere fact that the air itself seemed to have a sweetness and a life of its own spurred his lungs to continue, the oddly delicious sensation of the air filled his heart with joy as his lungs filled with life.<br/><br/>He attempted to walk- no small feat on this strange new world, away from the controlled gravity of Hope- and though it was tough to gain his balance and find comfortable footing at first, he knew he would master it soon enough. Like a newborn calf he moved, going forward on shaky legs as his knees and spine began to adjust and compensate to the added body weight the somewhat stronger gravity was adding to them. It would take some time to fully master a nonrestricted range of motion, but as it was David would manage just fine so long as he didnt push himself too hard.<br/><br/>Somebody in a uniform had come to them with kind words and a bottle of water each- a soldier, male by the looks of him- and David gingerly took the small plastic container from his hand, twisting the cap and allowing the contents to pour down his throat and nourish his body.<br/><br/>"It tastes.... like flavor." he mumbled, the odd sensation of having water that hadn't been treated and recycled millions of times beginning to get to him. Grasping the bag Frankie had given him, he made his way near to where the young female was working on her assigned task, and saw nothing of major import for himself to do. Only now did he truly realize how few people he actually knew- though he had lived, like his parents before him and theirs before them and so on, aboard Hope his entire life, he didn't know any of the faces in the crowds around him.<br/><br/>Suddenly very self-conscious, David began to blush with embarrassment at being seen. For a man as big and clumsy-looking as he, it was unusual that he was nervous when he was visible.<i>Too much like one of those damned Nightkin...</i>he thought, his mind shifting momentarily to a vid he had seen about an old game from before his time called Fallout. It was uncomfortable for him to be in such a position, and as such, he did the only thing he could think to do. Setting Frankie's bag down next to her worktable, the giant turned away from the main 'camp' and went off to wander by himself. He knew it wasn't exactly the best of ideas, but even though they had been told not to stray too far from camp, David felt like his thoughts were being overwritten by his instinctual desire to be out of sight.<br/><br/>So he left. Not too far, of course, but he told nobody of where he was going. Having never been on the planet's surface before, he knew it was a bad idea to get lost, but he told himself he would make sure to never get out of sight of the ship. Moments later he was in the distance, a solitary figure atop a nearby hill, lush green grass feeling like a little slice of fluffy heaven under his fingertips as he lied down upon the hilltop, his eyes taking in the sight of actual, real clouds rolling silently by.<br/><br/>"We made it, Dad." he said, his thumb fiddling around with the jade ring his father had left him, a single tear of joy rolling down his masculine face as the new sun beamed down upon him, bathing him in warmth and light. To David, it was almost as if his father himself were right there with him.