Mind If I Join You?I'm weightless.
The acceleration phase is over, and my body feels like it's been through a meat grinder. I glance at the clock on the screen. I've been out for twenty-five hours, and it's time for the flip. Halfway through a hard-burn trip, you swing your ship around 180 degrees and fire the engines at your target for a matching deceleration phase.
There have been brief lulls in the burns to keep us from dying, but we haven't noticed. The supervising systems need not bring us to full consciousness during the breaks. But now we get some awake time.
“Hey, Soledad? You up?”
There's an affirmative grunt from Soledad's bunk.
I unstrap and push off against the ceiling and float over to the door. I turn around to see how Soledad is doing and freeze.
“What are you staring
