Land!

I. Barely. Made it. No, I'm not being melodramatic. I'm dead serious. I spent the last ten hours maintenancing that crappy old pod and even with the constant attention the starboard engine ruptured just before I made it to dock. The Star 12 Watch had to come out and get me. As an engineer, having to be hauled into port on a busted transport is mortifying, just for the record.

In any case, I got back to the apartment. ...and I...hugged David. ...as soon as he came to. He was kind of out of it--bad hack is all he would tell me, and I think it'll be a while before I'm able to get any real details, but he's SAFE. And I'm hiding his visor until he gets a little color back in his cheeks. I know nobody threatens that anymore, but David and I are a little old fashioned. He's in bed resting right now, but it's almost time to eat, so I'm going to make some soup.

I'll start rebuilding Guan-yu tomorrow.

Shou