Salvage Trouble by J.S. Morin

Author:J.S. Morin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939233592
Publisher: Magical Scrivener Press

Carl sat on a molded plastic bench, meant to look and feel like stone. No matter how hard the chemists tried though, they could never make plastic feel old the way stone did. Real stone had a comforting eternal feel to it; it made your troubles seem fleeting and petty and helped put things in perspective. Carl had sat on real stone before, back on Earth, so he knew. Parked on a plastic bench next to a genetically perfect potted ficus tree, he felt the full weight of being at the mercy of a laaku’s skill with the help kiosk. They had already tried every likely salvage yard within local tram distance and were back at the starport, looking to widen their search.

When Roddy returned, he was shaking his head. “I looked at other scrappers on Delos, and it’s the same song. They’ll melt it down for us for beer money. Starport’s offer’s as good as any. I say we just dump the thing and be done with it.”

Carl stood up, shaking his head. “Naw, we’ve put too much effort into this to cut and run now. We’ll hang onto it, maybe find a system running older transports and see if we can palm it off on them.”

“It’s really not worth the trouble, you know,” Roddy said, falling into step beside Carl as they headed back toward their hangar.

“Yeah, probably. Now it’s a matter of principle, though.”

“Principle doesn’t pay.”

Carl stuffed his hands into the pockets of his jacket. “I know, but principle’s what keeps you going when the galaxy seems hell-bent on siphoning every terra out of your wallet.”

“Come on,” said Roddy. “Let’s grab everyone and go out for that drink. That ought to cheer you up.” Whether Roddy intended him to or not, Carl heard the muttered afterthought. “It’ll sure cheer me up.”

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