Red Planet Blues (2016)
“Pickover and I reached the vicinity of New Klondike by mid-afternoon. To his credit, Rory had taken a straight path all the way back, with no attempt to disguise the route. Polarizing the fishbowl at night had rendered me almost blind, but here in broad daylight it just made looking out at the world comfortable—so I now had a rough idea of where the Alpha Deposit was.
“Almost there,” said Pickover, via radio. It was astonishing listening to someone who had been running at high speed for hou...rs but wasn’t out of breath. I looked at my air gauge; I still had twenty-odd minutes left. I’d never thought of the dome as pretty before, but it sure looked that way as it came into view, glistening in the sunshine.
“Okay,” I said to Pickover. “No point in making a spectacle of ourselves. Let’s walk the rest of the way.”
The scientist stopped and bent his knees, lowering himself a bit. I hopped off his back.MoreLess
“Almost there,” said Pickover, via radio. It was astonishing listening to someone who had been running at high speed for hou...rs but wasn’t out of breath. I looked at my air gauge; I still had twenty-odd minutes left. I’d never thought of the dome as pretty before, but it sure looked that way as it came into view, glistening in the sunshine.
“Okay,” I said to Pickover. “No point in making a spectacle of ourselves. Let’s walk the rest of the way.”
The scientist stopped and bent his knees, lowering himself a bit. I hopped off his back.MoreLess
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