"By the time you receive this I will be dead. Hopefully not dead dead, but close enough. Most of the stasis tubes were damaged in the explosion, along with nearly everything else..."
"SpaceCorp doesn't yet know exactly how long I'll have to be in cold-sleep. The ship's still tumbling and venting air from somewhere, so they haven't been able to get a good fix on her new orbit."
"Someone told me that I'll soon make it farther than anyone has ever been from Earth. They said I should feel proud of that, but it's not like I had anything to do with it - and I certainly didn't want to break that record."
"I tried to be as gentle as possible when I moved them there. I couldn't get to Alex. I don't think there'd be much left of her anyway. I'm sorry."
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