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Outline:
Emily wakes up. She is laying in bed, facing the large panorama window. Her eyes wander across the familiar gray moonscape outside before fixating on the half-visible Earth ball for a moment. A noise - someone is in her module.
She turns around to find her older sister Lena sitting against the
wall - tears running down her face. After a moment to fully wake up and
grasp the situation, Emily asks:
Who?
Lena snivels and points to the ring on her finger.
Dictionary to the rescue! Is that the right word? ...
A grim but not uncommon way for days to begin lately. That leaves five
of them, and since Tony is gone there is no more hope for a cure.
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The air hisses in the lines as the door closes behind them. The noise of
the vacuum pumps kicks in and begins to slowly fade.
They carry a coffin made of thin aluminum plates
outside.
What is the moon's surface made of?
Solid regalith or sand? Can it be shoveled?
They place the coffin on the ground and start digging away at its sides,
slowly sinking it into the ground.
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