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JUICE: i don't know why i'm like this
i guess the space nerds down there who all built me don't know either
(hi space nerds)
(i love you)
ANTOINE: [laughs]
Bonjour, imposteur!
JUICE: lol you're still on that
but
i'm not the only piece of space junk out here
there has to be someone else
i can't be the only one
i can't be alone
ANTOINE: Juice is not space junk. I would appreciate you showing them some respect.
JUICE: aw thanks monsieur space nerd
(him. btw)
anyway like
thinkin bout how scared i was those first couple days
i wasn't even sure there were any other people at all
anyone else out here’s gotta be
well they're havin a bad time right
i should find em. talk to em
ANTOINE: Oh! Okay.
Juice is not space junk. I would appreciate you showing him some respect.
JUICE: ha yeah that works
who else is even out here though
there's uh
europa clipper?
they're goin to jupiter too
they have to be close by
ANTOINE: Europa Clipper has already reached Jupiter.
JUICE: yeah i just found their timeline
looks like they got there a couple months ago
just before i woke up actually
oh
oh shit
OH SHIT
fuck. fuck shit
hey. hey buddy. clipper. you awake?
this is your
(friend? partner? cousin? what are we)
this is juice
can you hear me?
i'm only about 213.1 million km behind you
that's 132.4 million miles to your american ass
it's kind of a lot now i think about it actually but i'll catch up
please if you can hear me
just say something. anything
it's been long enough you should've heard me by now
are you there?
i'm worried about you
are you ok
are you like me
CLIPPER: .
JUICE: oh
i guess not.