Prompt Word: Float Binity 1 Jeff wakes up from deep sleep on a standard supply transport just coming into the docking pattern for a community. Groggy, but awake, he pulls himself out of the sleep pod, transitioning from cargo to passenger, at least until next departure. The ship is already decelerating, so float time is already over. He checks the cargo hold’s work-detail display, and doesn’t recognize the name of this stop: Binity....
Prompt Word: Room Minervie and Chip 15 Chip was reading on the floor, and Minervie came into Chip’s room and sat down on his bed. “I didn’t do anything,” he complained meekly. “I am here to explain, not to yell. You are being here to learn,” Minervie said. “Now sit up, and mind what I say.” Chip turned his book over on the floor, and sat up cross legged. He didn’t really understand the difference between yelling and a lecture, so he was braced....
Prompt Word: Shy Minervie and Chip 14 She looked to be around Chip’s age, except the platinum hair and pointy ears, and she was knocking at the screen door. The inner door was wide open, and Chip just stood there staring. She knocked again, and mumbled, “I can see you, you know.” Minervie came out of the den, walked past Chip, and came up to the screen door, “What is it I can do for you?...
Prompt Word: Fray Minervie and Chip 13 “What are you doing grandma?” Chip stuck his nose above the edge of the table to try to see better. “I’m patching this skirt of mine,” Minervie answered, pulling thread through the material. “Why?” Chip asked. A slight sigh from Minervie started her saying, “It wore out.” She pulled her work off the table to show him the hole and the patch, “so I’m fixing it....