Aphelion

Thanks, Bill. I did get a little help from that email exchange, but I don't recall too much specifically. I know I had been thinking of including something about insurance, and someone suggested not to.

A little concrete over that hole won't work either.

Uh, Rick? What's this? (Thanks, btw.)

Bottomdweller, I'm glad you like it. One of the things I enjoy is seeing how people view things. You see:

Small details like the Ephemis Class ship being the last one built on Earth are very nice. I like that – the love of a well-built machine –

I look at "the last two ever built on Earth," and I ask, why was this thing being discontinued? Did they go out of business because of a lousy reputation? Were these the only things the guy could afford? She did die in a crash, after all . . . life is tough out there . . .

I did want to mention that the formatting got a little bollixed . . . the last line of each verse was supposed to be indented. Also, the first line of the fourth verse should read, "We have a partnership in trading esoteric goods,"

Thanks for the comments.

in one's heart,

Ah, got it.