Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

2:42pm Fri. Mar. 2, 2384Heymon appeared in his space, less than ninety secondsafter he pressed his summon button on his phone. The phonewas old fashioned technology that he could handle. He hadleft his space as is, the snowflakes were coming up frombelow at one percent gravity, Sol was a bright white point attheir feet, their diversion just starting to be visible. Heymonstepped from normal gravity at his door and drifted to theinvisible tufted velvet seats Kelvin had adorned this spacewith today.“You haven’t switched over to coriax fur either haveyou?” Heymon said as they clasped hands across the table.“From Alan’s World?” Kelvin asked.“I thought you didn’t want to call it that?” Heymon asked.“And I’m the one who uses that name,” he mused.“A lot of us do, that and ‘Kassidor’ might stick, 61CygniAe hasn’t got a chance.”“Yeah, that would work as a name for a sports car but notfor a planet.”“Right sir,” Heymon agreed. “And you’ve still got Earthstyle tufted velvet on the upholstery, even if we can’t see it.”“Why be on a starship if you can’t see out. We could be ina tin shed in some New England tribal zone if we can’t seethe universe we’re hurtling thru.” Of course he knew theycould still see this same image if they were running on279