As it turned out, there was only so long Cal could watch snow fall before getting bored. He looked at the visual feed often while winning another game of chess, because the snow was pretty and novel, but he needed a bit more stimulation to stave off boredom.
He was due for a workout, so once he’d taken Jude’s king, he went over to what passed for a gym. It consisted of the galaxy’s smallest treadmill built into the floor, four different weight machines set in the walls, and a collection of resistance bands with which Cal liked to get creative.
None of this made for a particularly exciting workout, but Cal wanted to keep himself in shape, so he utilized the gym daily in as many configurations as he could dream up. So did Jude, who was a calisthenics aficionado capable of one-armed pushups
