Nick drew picture after picture, but nothing triggered a response from Petra. It would be so aweso if she could just dig all this out herself. There's probably a way to do it, and I just haven't figured it out.
Sotis Nick took a break and paged through the photos on his phone. He was glad he had that much from ho. He'd never been one to take tons of pictures, at least compared to his friends, but his saved photos might be the only way he would ever see a green leaf again.
He even listened to a few of his saved ssages. "BEEP. Hey, Nick, it's Brian. I'm outside O'Reilly's, man, where the fuck are you? I need moral support before Cathy gets here. Don't let screw this up, dude. I'm counting on you."
"BEEP. Hello, Nicholas, this is Dr. Feinbaum's office reminding you of an appointnt..."
"BEEP. Hi, Nick, it's Mandy. Sorry to hear you're under the weather. Don't worry, you'll be invited to the next one. Take care of yourself. If you need help, dicine or sothing, call or 'Ness. All right? Hang in there. Bye."
Nick carefully closed his ssages folder, not wanting to risk accidentally deleting anything. Every little thing he had from Earth was irreplaceable now. It was a grim feeling.
Finally, the Death Star set. He had survived his second day on BigBall. Nick carefully checked that it was safe, then erged next to what was left of the Ford. He imdiately trotted downhill a ways and relieved himself. I am going to need toilet paper badly. Not even leaves to use. Then again, even if there were, I wouldn't dare let them near my junk without knowing that they wouldn't burn them with acid or anything. Well, I'm not eating much, so maybe I've got another day to figure sothing out.
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Nick was tired of inactivity. He headed uphill and pushed himself to hurry, determined to get a good look around if he could manage it. He was huffing and puffing before long, but kept at it. He had Petra with him and actually hit Discharging to release the oxygen now that he was in the open. He took a few good lungfuls that helped to energize him for a bit.
He had to hurry because he needed to get a good vantage point before the light faded. He tried to keep an eye on the sky and land around him, and an eye on his footing as well. This mostly ant quick glimpses around as he primarily focused on where his feet were landing. Every so often he would pause and use Charging to get Petra to eat a rock, just in case there were more elents or whatever available on the surface. Finally, he got as high as he could in the ti he had, turned and sat down on a rock outcropping, looking at everything.
Hills. Almost nothing but hills as far as he could see. The only direction that didn't have hills was southwest. It looked like a smooth patch of horizon was visible in that direction. The hills opened up into so sort of plain, maybe. It was partly ringed by hills, though, which made him think it looked more like a bay or a big lake, or even an ocean.
Only there wasn't any water.
Nick stared, picturing that flat valley filled with water, and then imagining the rays of the Death Star boiling it all away. He felt a chill that had nothing to do with the breeze that was picking up.
Was I dropped on a dying world?
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