“All those in favor of implementing Plan B,” Kate says, which is how she watched Dion do it last year, “please say ‘Aye’.” “Aye,” everyone says. “Aye aye, cap’n,” Terra says. “All those opposed?” Kate asks. Silence. “Any abstention?” Silence. “The motion is carried,” she proclaims. “We will be implementing Plan B and Nate will be the one to execute it.” Kate picks up the claw hammer and bangs it on the pad of her armchair. As she does, the SD card bounces up. Gasps are heard from everywhere in the room. “Yiii!!” Kate’s eyes widen while the SD card flies as though in slow motion. In a split-second, she’s torn between catching and recoiling away from it, as though it was the last of an endangered species of butterfly. A little anti-climactically, the SD card lands noiselessly on the floor. “I’m so sorry,” Kate says as she doubles over on her armchair to pick it up. Straightening, she blows on the tiny device like a kid employing the 5-Second Rule. “Don’t worry, Kate,” Terra
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