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"We received transmission from Rio's shuttle a few hours ago."
Agatha shoots up to her feet, suddenly wide awake. More awake than she's ever been in her life, in fact.
"Like...you know where it is? It's drifted back into the solar system? Or-"
"No, Agatha, it was heading back down to Earth. Piloted.”
Agatha can hardly breathe. Her heartbeat pounds in her ears. She used to fantasise about this exact conversation in the early years. Is it possible she's still asleep? Is she dreaming?
"Are...are you saying that-?"
"Yes, Agatha. I'm calling to tell you that Rio is alive."
Rio is an astronaut who’s dedicated her life to developing humanity’s understanding of the cosmos. When NASA asks her to join a pivotal expedition to study a black hole, she leaves her wife and son despite the fact Agatha begs her to stay.
When she returns she finds that a week in space was fifteen years for Agatha and Nicky.