SEPTEMBER 28, 2889 ENTRY 002
It is at times like these, when I’m at most nervous, that I remember back to a particular horror of my childhood. I can still feel the warmth of our cozy kitchen polypropylene chairs, the faint hum of the rehydration toaster, and the smell of my mother’s cooking.
That day, something was off. The smell was faint.
“So, mother. What is for dinner tonight?” I said, sidling up beside her at the counter as she wiped away the mess of the atomic food parser.
She didn’t look at me. “Oh tonight, it is just soup.”
“What kind of soup?” I didn’t let a beat stand between her answer and my voice-cracking follow up.
However given this question, my mother let a pause stand for what seemed like a lifetime.
“Well, vegetable soup.”
“With what ingredients?”
“Carrots, some peas, some potatoes. There is celery in there too.”
I looked at my mother for a long time as she slowly turned away from the sink to face my stare. This wasn’t a simple matter, and I wanted her to feel the gravity of this final question.
She clutched a spoon in her hand with the desperation an Altairian proton miner does their omni-throttle when they are about to crash their laser crane.
“Yes, that is everything.”
We could both hear the air conditioning drive gently breathe into the warm kitchen. Then the timer began playing a tune, and before I knew it I was sitting at the table spoon in hand, the warmth of my mother’s desperate clutch still emitting a radiant static from its Tungsten handle.
I breathed in once and dipped my spoon into the bowl. I blew the scalding broth. I tasted...
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Today it was the console of my ship beeping to alert me of the upcoming test that thankfully lifted me from the nightmare. Gasping, checked my diagnostics, and we were off.
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