[ Three times longer. 72 hours, not 24. He's used to it now, but he remembers how strange it had been at first. How he'd gotten used to sleeping irregularly, going to bed when his body needed it and not solely during the hours of darkness. That in turn had meant keeping track of the days even harder. His body was still accustomed to thinking it was the next day once he woke, but two out of three times, that was no longer the case.
All strange, not easy to manage. ]
And the last planet had no moon. So there weren't months to count, not properly, and if a month means four weeks then you have to decide if you're counting a week as seven days at 24 hours, or seven days at 72. It meant working it out all the time. Eventually I just stopped.
[ There'd been too much else to focus on. Enemies had come thick and fast. He'd started to accept that he was here, and here for the long haul.
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[ Three times longer. 72 hours, not 24. He's used to it now, but he remembers how strange it had been at first. How he'd gotten used to sleeping irregularly, going to bed when his body needed it and not solely during the hours of darkness. That in turn had meant keeping track of the days even harder. His body was still accustomed to thinking it was the next day once he woke, but two out of three times, that was no longer the case.
All strange, not easy to manage. ]
And the last planet had no moon. So there weren't months to count, not properly, and if a month means four weeks then you have to decide if you're counting a week as seven days at 24 hours, or seven days at 72. It meant working it out all the time. Eventually I just stopped.
[ There'd been too much else to focus on. Enemies had come thick and fast. He'd started to accept that he was here, and here for the long haul.
She will too, if she stays.
The word 'partner' makes him look at her again. ]
Business, or romantic?