Far into Andromeda, Agnes looked out of the window.
“I wonder what it was really like flying those cramped old space rockets,” she said. “How did they stand it? No shower, no pool first thing in the morning. Ugh!”
Charlotte nodded. “It took so LONG. Thank God we live in the age of megalightspeed travel. When are we due to land?”
“A couple of hours more, Charlie,” Agnes said. “Time you were going. How long have you got, by the way?”
“The room’s booked for forty minutes.”
Charlotte set off to fetch that Australian from the top deck. He’d do.
“I wonder what it was really like flying those cramped old space rockets,” she said. “How did they stand it? No shower, no pool first thing in the morning. Ugh!”
Charlotte nodded. “It took so LONG. Thank God we live in the age of megalightspeed travel. When are we due to land?”
“A couple of hours more, Charlie,” Agnes said. “Time you were going. How long have you got, by the way?”
“The room’s booked for forty minutes.”
Charlotte set off to fetch that Australian from the top deck. He’d do.
