And through heaven flow rivers of milk and honey and… No water.”
I hesitated a little, but swallowed my words because I didn’t really think a swear word would be well received, especially in Heaven. I asphyxiated for a few seconds, then the air began to become breathable. “No harps please,” I whispered but apparently it was already too late. The terra-forming module, which had its own resistance capsule, was crushed, and the seeds and embryos we were to put in the incubators were also scattered in the red dust between the rocks. I kept thinking it was a dream until… Even though there was no turbulence, the shuttle was shaking as if it was about to fall to pieces. For hundreds of years it had been wandering through space, and when it came near a planet with characteristics remotely similar to Earth’s, it would wake up another pair of terraformers and launch it to their new possible home. I sighed deeply and got to my feet, staggering to my feet, but there was no pain in my shoulder. When I was in the shuttle it was Pauline, but here is Eve.”
An inquisitive, inquisitive claw was again searching my memory minutes that seemed interminable I saw Pauline begin to move slightly, and her legs bent at that impossible angle straightened as if of
