32: Breaking the Silence


    Marcus stood silently in front of the smashed beetle and


    “Marcus?” Achara’s voice reached him and he turned. The rest of the team was several meter behind


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    Somehow this was needed,


    The next


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    He made a 30 minute video titled “Fighter, all the basics.” and it took him two full days. Clicking the upload button took him another hour but in the end he went through with it.


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    It was late afternoon and Marcus sat down in the soft sand and buried his toes in it. He had nothing to do and just watched people coming and going and listened to the sound of the ocean. After a while two young women in bikinis talked him up. Marcus enjoyed the small talk and the view. There was lots to see and very little cloths hiding it. The girls moved on with a vague “Maybe we see each other


    The sun slowly moved towards the horizon but Marcus felt no drive to leave his little spot as another woman walked up to him. “Marcus.” Ms Russell greeted him with a warm smile. She had a wide hat and wore a long red skirt and a white blouse. She carefully sat down next to the large Marcus “I did not expect you still being here.” She said and Marcus explained he decided to have a day off.


    “I will go back to my team. There are people I miss and then… I don’t know yet. Maybe taking a real break would be good. After that, I ha


    “Well, I think I will return home and then find rest.” She said without much fuzz. Marcus looked at her and needed a second to understand what she meant. “Are you ill?”


    She looked down the beach and for a while they both said nothing. “There were a few things I wanted to experience and see. The last was to walk on a different planet and


    They spent more time sitting on the beach talking about nice things and then they parted ways. He watched her leave, walking over the beach at sun set, and his heart grew heavy.