she assumed others were joining them, since a box typically seats a half-dozen people. multiple washes and still doing it’s job. she had been on the ship a moment ago, and there was too little gravity for this to be the surface of a planet. it’s painful to awaken and go to work daily, they lament. that means the state has sovereign or exclusive rights to use and develop resources in and from the area. her eyes closed as the name popped up in her brain as the image of her friend flying out flashed across the beach. nothing they can do about the bike. 