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Dear Pascal,
I relate to your situation of not having access to certain foods. I’ve never
had a simple apple before, nor any other tree fruits or roots. We only use
vertical farming as of yet, but there’s a whole team dedicated to figuring
out how to grow in Vacuan soil. I guess I shouldn’t say that they’re
figuring anything out. They know exactly what they need to do, but
it’s a massive undertaking, and they have to play the long game. I never
told either of you, but we actually have our own domes! They’re much
smaller, and not for habitation, though. They basically installed giant
space heaters to thaw the frozen regolith. I think they’ve stuck warming
pipes into the ground too, but it’s not my area of expertise, so don’t quote
me on that. The ground is well thawed by now, but the soil is still not
ready for crops. It’s really gross, but this is where pretty much all of our
human waste goes. We used to use some of it for radiation shielding in our
habitats, but we almost exclusively use a special fungus for that instead
now, though that does feed on our waste. The majority of it is tilled into
our new soil, so organic matter can provide nutrients to our future plants.
They estimate that it’s going to be another few years before we can try root
vegetables, and a whole decade before the fruit trees grow to maturity. We
obviously took all sorts of seeds with us when we came here 37 years ago,
even though we didn’t know what the environmental conditions would be like
here, and I can’t wait until we get to use the ones that we’ve just been
sitting on this whole time. Tell me what an apple is like. It kind of looks
like a tomato, but the books don’t really describe the difference in taste.
As far as our correspondence goes, I’m happy with whatever you feel
comfortable saying, and with however often you want to send a letter. Just
write to me when it strikes you. Condor and I have a weekly thing going, but
I don’t think we have to force the same schedule just for the sake of it. I
don’t blame you anymore, but I’m still hurt by this whole thing, and I find
it easier to converse with someone regularly who I know had nothing to do
with it at all.
Eat an apple for me, if you can find one,
Corinthia
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