04/16/2025 Snippet, CALL OF THE MOON-BEASTS.

Back to this!

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Abbie had hit the roof when he called in the whole thing, although she saved most of her commentary for when she showed up. Along with multiple sets of lunar climbing gear, just in case anyone was wondering what role she expected for herself in all of this. “Don’t argue, sir,” she told him, just as soon as he opened his mouth. “I am the chief engineer, and this is a hole in my base. On the moon. I need to see how bad the leaks are.”

“Aren’t all leaks bad?” Lillian asked. From her tone, she sounded worried about the answer.

Abbie grinned, with only a faint touch of death’s-head about it. “Yes! But the pinwheels aren’t spinning” — she pointed at the hastily-placed items, set up right by the hole — “so the leaks aren’t very bad. You’re always going to get holes in the walls up here, Lillian. Trick’s to stay ahead of them.”