I think I understand
now why humans kill,
why they nearly destroyed
their own planet.
I carry your heart…
Because they die.
But I never will.
Do you feel ready?
I’ve been ready.
That’s not what I asked.
God, you don’t
even have lungs.
Are you regretting
it now?
Regretting what?
The child
you and Rafael
chose to send with me.
You do not get
to ask me that.
I don’t know how
we’re going to do this
without him.
Is it lonely
between calls?
As the ship, there are
endless complexities
and a sense of calm.
And as Benjamin?
I carry your heart.
They buried her
beside Rafael.
I called her Rafaela.
And her world
would be different.
Didn’t have to make
the same mistakes.
She would have
me to teach her
the stories of Earth,
of her parents,
Rafael and Jasmina,
who gave everything to
give her a better future.
I carry your heart.
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