"I know it is not what you meant." Not entirely, at least, but that is all right. There is truth there, too.

Xichen breathes out, then shakes his head. "It travels through what they call 'the void' - there is no ground, nor sky or sun or stars. Where we stop, for missions, there is - of a sort. But not while in transit. It is ... difficult to look at, and they say it might make you ill if you do it too much."