Sunshine

I waved at the commlink, and her smiling face filled the screen.

“Good morning sleepyhead!”

I groaned.

“It’s the middle of the night!”

She glanced behind her.

“I can see the sun!”

“We’re on a fricking space station, of course…

Look, I’ve got a touch of the Dugali Flu and-“

“A jog around the loading dock will fix that!”

I groaned, longer, then gave up.

“Fine, fine, gimme a few…”

I got dressed, and staggered to the door. As it opened, I remembered the sun was on the other side of the planet right now, which meant that…

Impact occurred.