We should focus on what we’re doing up here instead of trying to save a bunch of doomed people. What’s it like down there for you, Zeli? Have you met any people? Are most of them Shortened like we thought? Jody says we should be engineering medicines to help increase their lifespans, but I don’t think it’s possible. There are rumors that if the average temperature on Earth passes twenty Cel, even more viruses and diseases will come from the permafrost and oceans. Get my mind off of research and Earth for a bit. And what about your crew? Zeli, you know I hate when others try to make me feel crazy for no reason. “I shouldn’t worry.” But of course I worry, I’m your wife! And with all the lessons we get up here about how hellish Earth has become, it’s not irrational for me to want to know my wife is safe down there. To know you’re okay, you know? They said they’re closely monitoring your “classified” mission, that they’ll tell me if something happens. I wish the Command Center would let me see you-not even the new footage, just some old recordings would be nice. “Bioengineered corn and vacuum-resistant turnip shit-salad,” how delicious! Sleep tight down there, Zeli. Jody and I have been joking with each other about what to cook when you get back. I suppose no one considered that moving populations to the Moon would require this much thought. Work was exhausting, and my research team is being asked to double our efforts to find better strains of our current crops. Why not just focus on cultivating as much as we can up here? If we can make it resist the heat, then we can make it resist the cold. I think their hope is that we can send some of it down to Earth, but it seems impossible to me. They’ve got me working on new temperature-ignorant strains of corn. I think he’s afraid of admitting that he misses Marcus, but I know you’re taking care of him. I shouldn’t shit talk Jody, he’s just being nice. What the hell do I do with that? Tofu scramble with beets for me . . . Which of the mealpacks are you having for breakfast? Jody brought over a fresh supply of vegetables, but he gave me too much green onion. Let me know if you can look up at me as I look down at you. But when I speak into this, it feels like I’m speaking to you. I didn’t realize how empty the bed would feel without you, Zeli. I miss you already, but I really am proud of you. My Zeli, leading her own Return for a change! I love you. Watching you leave on your Return Mission yesterday gave me such a sense of pride. But I guess this is where we are-in a strange time. They said it helps to finish my recordings with “over” so that I know when I’ve gotten my thoughts out. They said other spouses who’ve done it have found it helpful for “processing difficult emotions.” It just makes me think they want to keep tabs on what I say and do, but that’s my father’s paranoia coming in. Zeli, if you saw the way these devices look, you’d have laughed at the very suggestion of it. They said that it’s healthy for those of us whose spouses take Return Missions to record our thoughts. Series: The Tales of Gorlen Vizenfirthe. Series: From the Lost Travelers’ Tour Guide.People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!.
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