Maeve looks at the giant dome that is the moon station Sector C. It is a large, translucent dome with multiple levels inside, under a star-laden sky. She sees dots moving. Looking down at the grey regolith, she hopes to join them.
Thank God for Derek; everybody made it back safely. She shudders at the thought of what would have happened without him.
Feeling sweaty in the spacesuit, she wonders if he will find her attractive.
I hope so.
One of the rescuers had made a strange comment, though. When she had relayed the story of what had happened, she stated that Derek probably would have been there himself if not for the rocky surface.
What was that supposed to mean?
Her Mom talks over the communications. “Don’t forget to thank that, Derek. And thank you, Maeve. The two of you saved the ship and everybody on board.”
“I will, Mom.” Even after a near-death experience, Mom just keeps being Mom.
Another crater to traverse.
Just as well, I can hop over all these obstacles in the low gravity.
They are getting closer now, and she can see that the station is internally spinning to create artificial gravity close to that of Earth.
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