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58.AURORAI’d almost say sixteen...twenty-six.Right.JIMAURORA(about an older woman)Politician, historian, or artist?JIMI don’t know. Artist?AURORAIt doesn’t say. But I’ll tell youthis: I like her. We’d be friends.Jim looks at Aurora seriously.JIMYou think you can see that?AURORADon’t you?Jim looks at the woman in the pod. Smiles.Yeah.JIMFORWARD OBSERVATION DECK - DAYJim and Aurora sit at opposite ends of a sofa - their feetalmost but not quite touching. They sip cocktails.AURORAThat was my plan. Travel to HomesteadII. Live there for a year and seewhat emigrating’s really like. Thenback to Earth. I’m the only passengeron board with a round-trip ticket.JIM(perplexed)I left Earth for a new life. But youend up back where you started.AURORANo! I end up in the future. Twohundred and fifty years in thefuture. On Earth, which is still thecenter of civilization, overcrowdedor not. And I arrive in the futurewith an amazing story.(MORE)