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Quiet Morning Discovery

They all started with a little to drink. Soon some had reached their limit and sang off-key to satellite radio while attempting dance moves never before seen.

Tomorrow the goal was to connect the WiFi network to each room in the station. I could watch the news from my bunk. Which is where I was headed now. I didn’t want to have to penalize someone for something they did tonight while drunk. What the Captain doesn’t know, won’t hurt the crew.

I had a fitful sleep. I kept dreaming about natural disasters and being unable to help my family. I woke several times. Th last time I woke, it was close enough to morning that I just stayed up. I had breakfast in the empty and disheveled cafeteria and basked in the silence.

This was the first time the silence was comforting. I was still worried about my family, but I knew I could do something to find them now.

I went to the computer still attached to the projector and began searching. A window popped up. An aerial video. I watched. I got excited. I called to my crew

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