The condom was broken to my lover while I had my dog in front of my husband Was I dead and in heaven? A warm bath, in a huge tub and lots of suds and a rough sponge.”
For a while there was silence, then there was a thud a few meters away from me and right next to the teraforming module a bathtub appeared. It showed up, I got undressed and got in the water and it felt so good I decided I was definitely in heaven. Nothing could be heard but a sort of rustling, as if somewhere in the distance the wind was passing through the willows. “No gym, no games, the voice whispered and I shrugged resignedly: at least I tried.”
A long moment’s pause followed, but I could feel the air vibrating gently around me as if struggling to form the words. I didn’t faint, but the effort exhausted me, so I lay on my back again on the dust-covered stony ground. There were gyms and a games room on the mothership; I tried to superimpose the two gyms over the image of my childhood heaven, somewhere beyond the trees in the distance, and I sensed that something was wrong. Just a moment later the seatbelt snapped and I hit my head on the dashboard, then lost consciousness. I thought I heard some sort of echo of my laughter, so I stopped and listened carefully.