The airlock sealed with a clunk that nearly drowned his wife’s cheerful warning. “That’s not vodka.”
Erik froze with his hand on the glass before lifting it awkwardly toward his nose for an awkward sniff of the clear liquid. “Vinegar?”
Bev waved a colorful oval. “The kids dyed too many eggs this year.” She walked across the kitchen, gave him a peck on the cheek, and plopped the egg into the glass.
He eased fully into the kitchen and set his lunchbox on the granite countertop, giving a second hopeful sniff. Bev’s legendary cooking had only improved since he’d built the basement lab for her three years earlier, and he didn’t want to know why. “Dinner’s recipe called for dissolving the eggshells as a first step?”
Bev slapped his fingers before they met through acidic liquid. “No poking. And no dinner. Science in progress, mister. I’m testing a new nano shield idea.”
“With eggs?”
Her eyes danced. “Nano-injected eggs.”
“The one for atmospheric reentry?”
Her lips twitched.
“The same shield problem that’s holding up bulk supply deliveries supporting planetwide colony expansion?”
At her nod, he waved his hands frantically at the basement stairs. “To the lab with you! Go, woman! Science faster!”
As she descended, he pulled out his comm unit and dialed the only pizza shop in town.
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I have no idea where this is going, so let me know if you’re interested in exploring this extremely vague colony, and thanks to Cedar for the prompt trade this week!
I love this, really. I want a basement lab and to ‘science faster!’
Oh, yes! More of this please!