![]() His father had accepted a post as verifier on Mariposa X and had taken Jean-Paul on one last trip before he left. “It wasn’t my favorite vacation,” Jean-Paul said. She could have accessed videos collating the most poignant or typical of a million experiences from the Bibliotheque’s system. There was no need for her question either, since the answer was in his public logs. It was a stupid question, but he didn’t know what else to say. He leaned forward and kissed her, the microfibers on his lips making it feel like he had touched her bare skin. Parveen emerged from storage and joined him by the screen. Or at least as much of the experience as he remembered. The suit stimulated the nerves on his tongue, replicating the experience of taste. He injected a dose of aftersleep into the sleeve of his smartsuit, which analyzed the mixture before absorbing it and letting it pass into his body. Find out why Mariposa X destroyed the hyperspace gate. The ship gave him a brief summary of the thousands of messages it had received. “What happened while we were sleeping?” he asked. In any other circumstances he would have landed on the former resort planet, but Mariposa X and the ruins of the gate waited on the other side of Amala. It was also the last time he’d seen his father. Jean-Paul had only been twelve the last time he’d seen Amala. The blue-green planet filled the ship’s view screen. “I woke you as soon as we arrived within visual range of Amala.” “Hello, Jean-Paul,” Unattributed Source said. He avoided going into storage whenever he could help it, but the ship had insisted this time. Jean-Paul crawled out of storage and stretched his arms and legs. Series: The Tales of Gorlen Vizenfirthe. ![]() Series: From the Lost Travelers’ Tour Guide.People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!.
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