“During
the last maintenance cycle, I revived one of the passengers and showed her the
stars from the ESAARC cockpit on my sleeper pod. I spent a couple hours talking with her
before placing her back in stasis, at which point I broke my hand by punching
my sleeper berth.”
Dayton looked at Cal in utter shock.
“Why on Earth would you do that?”
Cal sighed “Because I’m a bigger idiot than you think, sir.”
“He’s in love with her, Colonel,” added Dr. Taylor.
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