Very nice (well, not nice) tone and scene-setting!

Liked it so much it inspired me to write a prequel :)

Great scene! It really captured my imagination (not that that’s hard, I am a creative writer after all). I may just have to look up your sci-fi series and get a taste of what you can do without a maximum character count.

Thanks for all the kind words. The ficlet was inspired by this photo. I was trying to figure out what I’d write about as I was leafing through the catalog.

This photo: http://www.acaciacatalog.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_50196