She was turning thirty soon, with a terrifying mortgage and a husband and a baby on the way, but she didn’t feel that different from when she was fifteen.
“This is happy! Your face opening is in sad mode. Why, question?”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Good. Proud. I am scary space monster. You are leaky space blob.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Good good. Enough talk. Check breeder tanks, please.'
'Yeah, yeah. Let me get some water first.'
He bounces and skitters down his tube to the lab. 'Why humans need water so much, question? Inefficient life-forms!'
...
'Eiridians need water too, you know.'
'We keep inside. Closed system. Some inefficiencies inside, but we get all water we need from food. Humans leak! Gross!'
I laugh as I float in to the lab where Rocky is waiting. 'On Earth, we have a scary, deadly creature called a spider. You look like one of those, just so you know.'
'Good. Proud. I am scary space monster. You are leaky space blob.”
― Project Hail Mary
'Yeah, yeah. Let me get some water first.'
He bounces and skitters down his tube to the lab. 'Why humans need water so much, question? Inefficient life-forms!'
...
'Eiridians need water too, you know.'
'We keep inside. Closed system. Some inefficiencies inside, but we get all water we need from food. Humans leak! Gross!'
I laugh as I float in to the lab where Rocky is waiting. 'On Earth, we have a scary, deadly creature called a spider. You look like one of those, just so you know.'
'Good. Proud. I am scary space monster. You are leaky space blob.”
― Project Hail Mary
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