Life of Space - Chapter 40

Just a couple of hours after landing in Greenland, Junior and his fellow candidates had already continued their journey northward. At first, progress was painfully slow. Many of them had never seen the snow before, let alone a sky or a dogsled. Their guides and sled drivers quickly taught them the basics, but by knowing so little, they would probably have been in peril even in their own backyard. It was plainly obvious that a trip like that was not suitable to amateurs like them. What kind of game were the clones playing at? Or was everything perhaps Konos' plan?

LWAZI

Why the hell did I sign up for this?

Asked Lwazi as he struggled to get himself up from the icy ground on which he had once again fallen.

JUNIOR

Less talking and more running, or you'll be left behind!

Even though the dogsled was going along slowly, Lwazi had to quickly get up and jog to catch up with the sled.

LWAZI

At first it's like "run around in circles", then it's like "run around in the desert", now it's "run after uncooperative dogs in the darkest cold until your bottom freezes off!"

JUNIOR

So you don't like how things turned out then...

LWAZI

You bloody well can say that! And do you want to know what the worst part of all this is?

JUNIOR

I'm dying to know...

Answered Junior sarcastically. Lwazi decided to ignore it.

LWAZI

The worst part is that once this is over, we are going to have to spend the entire winter huddled together in what I now believe is going to be a facility the size of a coffin!

JUNIOR

You really don't like the cold, do you?

LWAZI

How can you be so cheerful, Junior?

Lwazi said, as he finally got back up on the sled.

JUNIOR

Cheerful?! Do I look cheerful to you?

LWAZI

More than usual, yes...

JUNIOR

Well, I assure you I am not...

LWAZI

Do you want to know what I think?

JUNIOR

I'm going to hear it whether I want it or not, so go ahead!

LWAZI

You are actually looking forward to what we are about to do...

JUNIOR

And why would that be?

LWAZI

I have seen the way you look at Irina...

JUNIOR

And?

LWAZI

You like her, don't you?

Junior didn't answer that particular question.

LWAZI

Just as I thought...

JUNIOR

I didn't say anything really...

LWAZI

Your silence is all I needed to understand.

Junior laughed at Lwazi.

JUNIOR

I guess there's really no way to persuade you of the opposite then...

LWAZI

I'd say that's accurate!

JUNIOR

Very well then...

They went on in silence for a while. Each one absorbed in his own thoughts and into the scenery surrounding them.

LWAZI

She's not into you, you know...

To thank him for his kind words, Junior jokingly pushed Lwazi off the sled.

LWAZI

WHY YOU...

Exclaimed Lwazi in surprise before falling butt first into the snow.

JUNIOR

How many times do I have to tell you?! Less talking and more running!

Said Junior with a laugh.