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"Rome was not build in one day."

"I know, Dad. And neither will Reiker's Point be."

"At least they'll have the school up and running in a week."

"Yay hoorah yippie."

"What? School is important."

"These colony schools, Dad. They . . . "

"Hmmn?"

"The teachers suck. They are either drunk, clueless, or boring."

"At least they don't smack you in the face."

"Dad. Grams already told me. No one smacked no one when you went to school."

"The bullies did."

"Grannie said you kicked a boy so hard in the groin that they cut out his balls."

"One of them. And he had it coming."

"Still not cool, Dad."

"When life gives you idiots, make idiot sandwiches."

"What's that smell?"

"Oh. Cyclo-hexane aromatic compounds."

"Aromatic? It stinks."

"It's just the scientific word for shit that our noses can pick up."

"It can't be healthy."

"It ain't. At least the spill response crew are already on it."

"Why does shit like this always happen when they set up new colonies?"

"Laxed protocols, lack of supervision, and frail or absent govermence."

"Govermence? Or governance?"

"You get the point."

"I hope the school doesn't smell like this."

"It won't. Feet, armpits, dick rot, crappy lunch boxes, wet sweaters. The usual."

"I can't wait to graduate."

"Tech school, commercial school, high school, or military service?"

"I job, Dad. I'm sick and tired of school."

"Don't end up without learning a trade, kiddo."

"I won't end up like Uncle Harry. Don't worry."

"That's my boy."