Beacon 23: Part Five: Visitor (5 page)

[1]
A junked-up nav beacon on the edge of sector eight.

[2]
She’s dreamy.

[3]
Okay, sometimes I think she wants to kill me. She’s like a cross between a Labrador and a leopard. And I’m pretty sure she reads minds.

[4]
Honestly, I can’t tell why I’m even needed here.

[5]
If you can call a NASA lifeboat a “car.” It gets me to my girl’s place and back. Drives like shit.

[6]
In deep space, no one can hear you sob.

[7]
Look at all that nothingness. Can you feel it looking back?