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Submitted to Contest #221
Whether it was a faulty comm relay or a disintegrating airlock lining, something always went wrong in space. In my specific case, my cryo container started emitting false signals to the bridge, indicating that my engineered sleep had ended and my “bed” needed to be cleaned. Cryopods were cleaned with a special mix of chemicals that Yumi referred to as “Space Agent Orange.” The stuff killed me instantly. I didn’t feel it at all. As I gazed back at my corpse, greying slightly due to the fog-like substance that surrounded it, I began to...
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