THIS WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE PUBLISHED

Julian Thielman

The botanist, the first mate, and the captain, all dressed from head to toe in steel and white silicone suits emblazoned with the ARK logo, stepped off of the spacecraft and onto the red earth.
“It’s hot up here.”
“No shit.”
They surveyed the terrain silently for a moment.
“So they expect us to grow potatoes here?”
“I guess.”
Static on the radio.
“How?”
A pregnant pause.
“What kind of potato?”

The Demeter II Expedition

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