When the moonlet passes between us and home base, we don't get a lot of chatter, so I'm on solo. That's when V1A calls.
"What are you doing this evening?" she asks.
I don't know how to answer. She usually just goes into it, right? It's a moonlet, not a moon, so there's no time to waste. Not even a "what are you wearing?"
"What do you think I'm doing?" I say, annoyed.
She laughs then goes silent.
The moonlet passes and I see the illuminated grid of home base sprawls below.
"Poof," she says, laughing.
The grid goes dark.