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MC:Derse Capsule, do you read? Major Lalonde, please respond!
ML:I read, Control. It's just...
MC:Focus, Major. These next experiments will be important.
ML:How important can they really be?
MC:What?
ML:You're stuck down there. Under the firmament. You can't see how glorious it is up here. The light of the stars and the lights between the stars...
MC:Major Lalonde, we are moving to Mode One Abort. Please confirm.
ML:No, I don't think I will.
MC:Major Lalonde, please. Your wife-
ML:She'll understand. She's a lover of beauty. She'll understand...
MC:Major Lalonde? Major, please respond!
MC:Major!