“Yes. I’ll do that. I’ll do all of that.” “Do now.” “I need rest! I just did an eight-hour EVA!” “Do now!” “Ugh! No!” I float over to his tunnel and face him through the xenonite. “First I’m going to breed up a bunch more Taumoeba-82.5. Just to make sure we have enough for testing. And I’ll make several stable colonies of it in sealed containers.” “Yes! And some on my ship too!” “Yes. The more backups the better.” He bounces back and forth some more. “Erid will live! Earth will live! Everyone live!” He curls the claws of one hand into a ball and presses it against the xenonite. “Fist me!” I
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