There was a loud pounding on the cockpit ‘windscreen’, DJ looked up and Dorene was peering in at her. She opened the cockpit door. “What did you do to this thing? It won’t accept a command.” “Me? You are blaming me? What ever did I do to you?” DJ was starting to get angry. “I think you are still angry at me for tossing out that ratty old fur coat of yours.” “Damn right I’m mad, that was a family heirloom passed down from my mothers family. She claimed it was pure chinchilla!” “What the hell is a chinchilla? Sounds like some kind of snack or something.” Dorene loved arguing with DJ, they would laugh about it later. “Mom always said it was a rare and beautiful creature that was very hard to hunt.” “You know what I think? I think that..” At that moment they realized that they were not

