“Hey. What’s your ship’s name?”
“Blip-A.”
“No, I mean, what do you call it?”
“Ship.”
“Your ship has no name?”
“Why would ship have name, question?”
I shrugged. “Ships have names.”
He points to my pilot’s seat. “What is name of you chair, question?”
“It doesn’t have a name.”
“Why does ship have name but chair have no name, question?”
“Never mind. Your ship is Blip-A.”
“That is what I said.”
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Andy Weir,
Project Hail Mary