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In a dystopian future, Titus and a group of friends decide to go to the moon to kill their spring break boredom. Marty had suggested the trip after he, Titus, and Link had started to feel “null” (3) while shocking themselves with exposed wires from the wall. The three teens had invited three girls—Calista, Loga, and Quendy—to join them, and they plan to stay in a hotel and go dancing at the Ricochet Lounge, a zero-gravity club. As they’re flying, their “feeds” (3) project advertisements into their brains that suggest places to eat and things to do on the moon. Titus notes that going to the moon sounds like a big deal at first, but once the novelty wears off, there’s really nothing but rocks, trash, and discarded structures. Titus thinks, “The thing I hate about space is that you can feel how old and empty it is” (4). His friends start to talk louder, and Titus guesses that they probably feel the same way and that it’s better to have friends around to make noise in the silence of space.

There’s also nothing to see in space except more trash floating by, and Titus tries to get some sleep because he is tired and hungover from the night before, when he had too much to drink and “had been in mal” (5).