The Last Push Page #4

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We're just gonna

have to make it work.

This is Life One... out.

Michael? It's Bob... obviously.

It was important for me, right now, to tell

you that I need you to get on a routine.

I need you to sleep. I need you

to eat three meals a day.

I need you to exercise.

It will be very, very important

for you and for me...

for you to do all of the work that

you can to stay sane up there...

and to know that I am here

to talk to you...

or at least send you

periodic messages that...

...at some point in the

future you'll respond to.

I'm here for you, buddy.

All right?

Bob out.

Niobium, Nb.

Bromine, Br.

Krypton, Kr.

Rubidium, Rb.

Strontium, Sr.

Hi, Michael,

Bob here. Just checking in.

You've got a lot of people

around here watching you.

In fact, you're pretty much the

biggest story in the world right now.

Um, so I need to ask you...

can I have the exclusive rights

to your book?

But also, I was asked today

to ask you how you're feeling.

Seemed an odd question.

But then I realized

I hadn't asked you...

so... how are you?

How are you feeling?

Bob out.

This is Life One.

Diagnostics seem

to be going smoothly.

As of right now...

it'll probably take me another three

days to fully check the entire ship.

At least this part of it anyway.

I've taken in

about 2,100 calories.

I have 600 to go.

I'm gonna try to keep it

at that level for the duration.

Done about 16 minutes

of exercise.

I think that's too much.

I'm gonna try to dial it

back for tomorrow.

Otherwise, we're just trying

to conserve our energy.

I'll get in a daily log tomorrow

about this same time.

Other than that,

we should be fine.

This is Life One... out.

Okay, Michael,

here's the situation.

You have a lot

on your plate right now...

but every single bit of it

is extremely important.

You've got a post-Venus engine

burn that needs to happen...

otherwise, you're going to spend the rest

of your life as Venus' only real moon.

Unfortunately, from my

end, I am looking at...

...an electrical system

that is completely fried.

And it needs to be rebuilt

from the ground up.

So you're going to have to perform

that engine burn manually...

which obviously wasn't the way

things were meant to be.

The system's primary generator

is unstable, at best...

and you have got to keep the

power running.

You lose power and you will freeze

to death in a manner of hours.

So be very careful.

Michael, what we have here is a classic,

old-school Christmas light situation.

Remember at Christmas when you were trying

to get your Christmas tree lights to work?

And they weren't, inexplicably.

So you had to go through every

single bulb and test it...

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