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Dear Condor,
It’s okay, I don’t mind about the extra message. And yes, I would love to
send you photos. I have to limit them, though, and I would ask you to do the
same. Excessive data costs money. Each resident is allotted one message per
week (to send), which is perfect for the two of us, but only if they’re text
only. Again, I don’t want to worry you, I can afford it. Message quotas are
transferable, so I can probably snag one from someone else. The other
younger people don’t know anyone on Earth, so they don’t use theirs at all,
but I don’t want to do that too much. So basically, what I’m saying in the
most roundabout way is that I’ll step back, and send you one photo of my
quarters. You can send as many as you want. Received messages do have
limitations, but it goes by the day, and it only counts if I open it, so I
can just wait to view them one at a time. Unless it’s a video. Those are mad
expensive, whether they’re opened or not. I’m not even sure we could manage
to get a video message through between the two of us. The leaders restrict
it pretty heavily. The compression alone takes a ton of energy. We can’t
have solar power here, and the fusion reactor is, of course, dedicated
primarily to life support and field research. Which reminds me, I never told
you what I do for work, or asked you about you. That might sound like a non
sequitur, but field researchers are the rock stars of the land. It’s a
coveted position, but it’s also the most dangerous. Nearly all deaths are
caused by field accidents. It even outweighs death from age-related disease.
I never wanted to do anything like that, and not because it’s dangerous, but
because of how arrogant and self-absorbed they all are. Gee, I hope no one
here reads these messages before they go out. Anyway, I am only a solar
flare monitor. You might be asking, “Corinthia, I thought you couldn’t even
use solar power all the way out there.” EXACTLY! Sunlight has little effect
on us at this distance, but energetic particles still do pose a risk. Even
though you’re much closer, Earth is protected by a much stronger
magnetosphere. If the sun decides to stretch its legs in our direction, it
could have serious consequences for our equipment. Nothing’s ever happened
since I’ve had the post, but it’s not an impossibility. The great thing
about it is that I just sit here all day, and do whatever I want. The bad
thing is that I’m the only one in the position, so I don’t get any time off.
When it’s time for bed, I turn up the alert volume so it can wake me up.
Again, though, it hasn’t ever happened, so it’s kind of a non-job, really.
What about you?
Bored on Vacuus,
Corinthia
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