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alarm again. Damn! I’m coming in to fast. I’ve got to try and come in slower.
    There was a purposeful knock on the door of the simulator, just as he was about to land the shuttle. Distracted he lost control and the shuttle struck the ground. The simulator froze.
    I’m going to land this damn thing one day.
    ‘Who is it?’ Zoren shouted in a frustrated voice.
    ‘It’s me,’ the voice replied.
    Zoren recognised his wife’s voice.
    Sabri, what’s she doing here?
    He got up from the pilot’s seat and opened the simulator door. He noticed she was wearing a long red evening dress.
    ‘Thought I’d find you in here,’ she said, looking annoyed. ‘You know we’re supposed to be meeting Supora and Valon tonight.’
    ‘Oh bugger! I forgot,’ Zoren replied.
    ‘Zoren, I told you this morning. Don’t you listen to anything I say? Come on, or we’ll be late.’
    ‘But I need to change,’ Zoren said, glancing down at his slightly soiled boiler suit.
    ‘Change? No way! We’re not going to be late, Zoren. You’ll have to go as you are.’
    ‘Look, I’m sorry, love. I didn’t mean to upset you,’ Zoren said and quickly switched off the simulator before leaving.
    Oh dear, she’s definitely not happy with me tonight. How did I forget?
    ‘It’s about time you acted like an adult, Zoren. You’ll be a father next year.’
    ‘I know.’
    ‘Well this sort of thing will have to stop. I’ll need you at home, not enjoying yourself playing on that computer simulator.’
    They entered the main corridor on deck three of the space station. As they sauntered along, Zoren brushed his boiler suit with his hand to try to remove some of the surface grime. He tried to be optimistic about his appearance, but there was always another patch of dirt, which he needed to try to remove in some way with his hand.
    They arrived at Supora and Valon’s home. Zoren quickly brushed a few more patched and then asked Sabri, ‘Do I look all right?’
    ‘Erm… It would have been nice if you could have made an effort.’
    ‘Look, I said I’m sorry. I forgot! It hasn’t been a good day at work. I needed to unwind, take my mind off things.’
    Sabri shook her head slowly and then pressed a button adjacent to the door. A few seconds later it was opened.
    Zoren could smell a blend of freshly cooked vegetables slow filtering through the open doorway.
    ‘Sabri, Zoren, come in,’ Supora greeted them.
    Seeing Supora in her smart cream coloured top and black skirt, made Zoren feel even more conscious of his own appearance.
    ‘Valon is just finishing off in the eating room. He’ll be about ten minutes,’ Supora commented. ‘The children are in their bedroom. Asnica, Doine!’ she called out, ‘Zoren and Supora are here.’
    Asnica peeked out from the doorway to look at them.
    ‘Hello, Asnica. Where’s your sister?’ Sabri asked her.
    ‘She’s playing with her toy bricks,’ Asnica replied.
    ‘Please, take a seat,’ Supora said, pointing to a cloth covered bench. ‘I’ll only be a few moments. Valon needs a bit of help with shredding the karnlip.’
    Through the open door to the girl’s bedroom, Zoren noticed that Doine was sitting on the floor building what looked like a stone house. Asnica sat down alongside her.
    Supora went over to the large tinted window to look out at Linud, which was dominating the view.
    ‘Hi, Valon,’ Zoren said, popping his head in through the doorway of the eating room. ‘Hope she’s not working you too hard.’
    Valon was cutting some vegetables with a shredding machine. ‘Hi, Zoren. I won’t be long.’
    ‘Can I help?’
    ‘No, I’m fine, just got the karnlip to do now.’
    Zoren decided to go over to where Sabri was standing. He stared out at Linud and said,
    ‘Appears to be a very stormy down there today, especially on the southern continent.’
    ‘That’s odd,’ Sabri said. ‘Zoren, can you see what looks like a smiley face in the cloud formations over there?’ she said pointing.