Life
It was supposed to be the highlight of her career, an alien planet, as foreign as it gets. But the air in her helmet was stale as a college dorm at 10 a.m. The gloves and boots sealed her from touch; not a co-ed dorm in that case. And she felt like a walking machine. Rough fabric crinkled and squeaked round arms and legs as if she were still back home in the water-tank. Someone had scrubbed the scenery off the walls and scattered rocks on the tiles.
Forget looking for alien life, Jen thought. She wasn’t even sure there were humans here.
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Hmmm. Looking for life? What type of creature is the character? Very interesting peek at the story.
Comment by J.F. Juzwik — November 24, 2009 @ 5:22 am