Drifter's Run
“He'd been living in it for the past two weeks. It was, to use Melissa's phrase, "ripe beyond belief." Lando had tried everything from soap and water to industrial-strength deodorants and nothing worked. The suit had been around a long time, and over the years the smell of sweat, urine, and God knows what else had worked its way down into hundreds of little nooks and crannies.
Lando's air gave out and he was forced to breathe. The sour coppery smell nearly gagged him. His suit radio crackled int...o life. "Hey, Pik, how ya doing?" "Great," Lando lied, "just great. Couldn't be better. Shouldn't you be working on your math?" "I am," Melissa replied defensively, "I was checking, that's all. That's my job, isn't it?" "Yeah," Lando replied, snapping the suit's final closure. "That's your job when I'm outside the tender. When I'm inside the tender your job is math. How're you going to be a pilot if you don't know any math?" "I'll hire you to do it for me," Melissa responded cheerfully. "Besides, you're just grumpy 'cause you're going outside." "Sounds like a good enough reason to me," Lando replied.MoreLess
Lando's air gave out and he was forced to breathe. The sour coppery smell nearly gagged him. His suit radio crackled int...o life. "Hey, Pik, how ya doing?" "Great," Lando lied, "just great. Couldn't be better. Shouldn't you be working on your math?" "I am," Melissa replied defensively, "I was checking, that's all. That's my job, isn't it?" "Yeah," Lando replied, snapping the suit's final closure. "That's your job when I'm outside the tender. When I'm inside the tender your job is math. How're you going to be a pilot if you don't know any math?" "I'll hire you to do it for me," Melissa responded cheerfully. "Besides, you're just grumpy 'cause you're going outside." "Sounds like a good enough reason to me," Lando replied.MoreLess
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