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Almost forgot to share this one!

This is hammond13 's prize for placing first in neurotype 's Sci Fi writing contest - RESULTS - Adaptation: A DA Lit Contest . you can check out their entry here:

RedundancyWhen I woke up that morning, Akayla wasn’t at her post. She should have been monitoring the rhodium miners and scanning the maps for possible new mining locations. We had automated systems for that, but sometimes the automated systems were wrong and human input allowed us to catch costly mistakes. Redundancy was important. Redundancy was what made the whole mining operation work. She knew that. When I checked the monitor I learned that she was outside home base, approximately 115 meters SW. She did not respond to com.
I suited up, went out, and walked along the magnetic path that would lead me to her. I was annoyed. No doubt she was performing some task she had failed to perform earlier in the day. I rehearsed what I would say to her, about sticking to the schedule, about keeping her radio on. I heard the snarky responses she would offer in response. It would be like a million other conversations we’d had, ending either in shouting or laughter. Laughter was preferable. I re

Unfortunately all those lovely chocolate eggs have long since been eaten. Ah well - only another ten months or so until they're back in the shops...

Description
Almost forgot to share this one!

This is hammond13 's prize for placing first in neurotype 's Sci Fi writing contest - RESULTS - Adaptation: A DA Lit Contest . you can check out their entry here:

RedundancyWhen I woke up that morning, Akayla wasn’t at her post. She should have been monitoring the rhodium miners and scanning the maps for possible new mining locations. We had automated systems for that, but sometimes the automated systems were wrong and human input allowed us to catch costly mistakes. Redundancy was important. Redundancy was what made the whole mining operation work. She knew that. When I checked the monitor I learned that she was outside home base, approximately 115 meters SW. She did not respond to com.
I suited up, went out, and walked along the magnetic path that would lead me to her. I was annoyed. No doubt she was performing some task she had failed to perform earlier in the day. I rehearsed what I would say to her, about sticking to the schedule, about keeping her radio on. I heard the snarky responses she would offer in response. It would be like a million other conversations we’d had, ending either in shouting or laughter. Laughter was preferable. I re

Unfortunately all those lovely chocolate eggs have long since been eaten. Ah well - only another ten months or so until they're back in the shops...