About this story
Thirty-nine days later you land on a Martian plateau and are taken in by Esmo, a host who shields your secret from a suspicious Regent while teaching you his ordered language. Esmo's daughter Eveena calls you guest first, then goes exploring alone and ends clinging to a ledge after the path collapses under her.
How it opens
You guarded the secret of apergy, a force able to repel matter across an empty interval.
Earth AssistantThe generator answers every bench test, but no bench falls forever toward the sun.
Earth AssistantThe Astronaut carries sealed air, a living garden, birds, and six crystal windows.
Earth AssistantThe weighted floor should hold your cabin's sense of down after Earth loses it.
Two trusted friends checked the entrance seal without learning the generator's exact construction.
Once the hull closes, no person on Earth can correct my calculation.