"We've turned ours into a sort of experience, although you have to wear a mask too, if you're planning on being out long enough. Hellish, though, since it's so damn hot." He comes across a difficult spot on his right shoulder, and refocuses his efforts in loosening the knot there, digging in harder than he thought he'd have to. "Sorry, it's just-- I feel like you'd snap in half if I stared at you too long. You're supposed to bend, David, not be so ridged."

How did the man survive like this? "It'll be livable one day, though, which is something it has over Beta Colony."