Chapter 47
↓ Transcript(Emily and Dee are in her room; she is studying at her desk, he is on her bed using her laptop.) Emily: Hey Dee, can I tell Markus about you? Dee: ~SIGH~ Good job, you lasted a whole week,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: You can read it if you like. Zoe (email): Dear Dee, I hope you are well, and that you had fun last week (it looked like it). I just wanted to apologise if I was weird or rude[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Yep! But I’ve decided now: I’m putting med first, and physics is my backup. Like, I’d like to study physics, but this makes better sense grade-wise. And career-wise. Dee: And not at all because they discovered the Higgs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: What… is this? Dee: Do you remember when you asked if I’d take you to space? Emily: No… way… NO WAY! (She runs inside, dissolving her flying suit as she goes and forming a staircase under her feet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: It’s really just a little bubble of habitability for you. Protection from radiation, storage for food and waste and oxygen and whatnot… Hopefully enough space that you won’t lose your mind… things for entertainment… There’s things I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: How fast will we actually go? Will relativity pose any problems? Dee: Nah, top speed will only be about twenty four million kilometres an hour. Emily: “Only”!? Dee: Yeah, only two percent or so of the speed of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: I suppose you’ve thought of everything! Dee: I’ve done my best… There are things I have to discuss with you, like what decor and furniture you want in here, and food options, and what we’ll do about laundry,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptNEXT DAY AT RECESS Emily: Zoe! I’m going to tell Markus about Dee, can you back me up? Zoe: You what!? Really!? Emily: Oh – do you think I should? Do you wish you didn’t know? Zoe: … You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: So, this is about Dee. Did you… get any bad feelings about him, or anything? Markus: Uhh… why? He seemed fine to me? Zoe: Are you afraid of dying? Markus: Huh!? Zoe: Do you get any existential dread?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…