‘I can’t concentrate when I’m this hungry,’ he says, pacing the room.
‘Well go get something to eat then?’
‘Where?’ he gestures out the window. ‘Where the hell am I going to find a nebula slap-bang in the middle of dead space?’
She shrugs. ‘Consume a rogue planet.’
‘Oh yeah, I’ll just snatch one of the many passing by. Use your head.’
‘You also get grouchy when you’re hungry.’
‘I’d kill for a proton star right now.’
Paddy Dobson
23rd June 2023