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Running, Net #01.05
This post is the fifth and final part in the Running Net sequence of the Knowing Mars story. Read part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4 at your leisure.
“What?”
“Mars Colony.”
“Wow.” Gus couldn’t think of anything else to say.
“Not now, insertion point isn’t for a while, but once we get word, and the database, to Taban and Kalian, I think I better go.”
Gus was still speechless. It wasn’t every day that your best hacking partner announced that he was moving to Mars. Allowing for a bit of denial, Gus handed Kyp a glass of water. “Drink some of this, and we’ll talk about it when you wake up.”
Kyp took the water, which was needed, but the water was refreshing, and he did indeed need to sleep a little if he wanted to recover properly.
Kyp stared, and there was a long silence. Thoughts didn’t pass between them, but they might as well have. “Ok, sleep now, but we’ll have to talk about his later,” he relented as his eyes fluttered shut. Sleep glorious sleep, Kyp thought loudly enough for Gus to get a sense of it, as Kyp gracefully slipped into unconsciousness.
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