100 Words: The Price of Tea and a Slice
How long we got? Eighteen minutes? Okay.
Everyone, back up. I’m counting to three, then anyone by the door gets shot in the face.
One...
Good.
You. Yeah, you. What can you do? Programmer...? Won’t need one of those for a while. Fuck off.
You. Paramedic? Can you prove it? Okay, you’re in. Come to the airlock.
What? Your dad? What does he do? Uh-huh. Looks like a goddamn banker to me. Out. Come to the airlock alone or stay out there and die with him. Your choice.
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Seventeen minutes to impact. You, there...
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For consideration: "Listen, son, said the man with the gun / There's room for you inside."
Everyone, back up. I’m counting to three, then anyone by the door gets shot in the face.
One...
Good.
You. Yeah, you. What can you do? Programmer...? Won’t need one of those for a while. Fuck off.
You. Paramedic? Can you prove it? Okay, you’re in. Come to the airlock.
What? Your dad? What does he do? Uh-huh. Looks like a goddamn banker to me. Out. Come to the airlock alone or stay out there and die with him. Your choice.
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Seventeen minutes to impact. You, there...
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For consideration: "Listen, son, said the man with the gun / There's room for you inside."