The exobiologist was, in fact, deeply mortified. The spectacular breakup of the Cylindrical Sea was a much more obvious phenomenon than the hurricane winds, yet he had completely overlooked it. To have remembered that hot air rises but to have forgotten that hot ice contracts was not an achievement of which he could be very proud.
Was not expecting this story to be so much about hard science! This slaps! Also this cracks me up. Poor exobiologist. 😄
