An academy cadet, a retired Navigator, and a Florivan kitten walk into a bar...

Life is full of small moments where things begin to change.

For one particular cadet at the Alpha Centauri-New West Space Service Academy, an evening spent alone and brooding over his personal problems is about to turn into a conversation that may change the course of his life forever...

The View from a Distance is one of ten short stories from the world of Katie Silverwings' award-winning Strange Space™ Adventures book series which can be found in Tales of the Navigators: Strange Space Short Stories Volume 1.