SAMWACT 2

Semi-Annual Mental Wellness And Clarity Test: 4-AB

Subject #: 0088.1

Age: 72 E.Y.

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First button, screen on.

Second button, record on.

Pick up pen, begin report.

That's how my day starts. That's how every day starts. I'd complain, but who would listen?

No, really. Who the hell would listen?

I've been on EXO-909 for 34 years, doing this damned Planetary Existence Survey. Do you know what I've found?

Goose egg. Nada. Zilcho.

You'd think, that on a planet that could support life, I'd find some kind of marmot or an amphibian. Something I could domesticate, maybe.

A pet would be nice.

Something that doesn't shed.

I could train it to do tricks, make a little spot for it at the foot of my bed, and feed it my leftover rations.

I could name it Renaldo. Doesn't matter the sex of the creature. Renaldo is a good name. A strong name.

My Aunt Renaldo was a strong woman. She could bench press a whole unit of cargo and her voice was deep and smokey.

That was a woman.

I don't particularly recall which side of the family she came from, I just remember her showing up for Christmas after the summer my uncle Renaldo went away.

I wonder if they're related.

Perhaps cousins.

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Subject: PASSED

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