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The alarm didn’t startle Dukk as much as the day before, but he still found it hard to get started.
“Clearly those power naps yesterday weren’t sufficient to shift my body clock enough,” Dukk thought as he swung his legs off the bed and started his morning routine.
The crew mess was dark and quiet when he left his cabin five minutes later.
He went over to the console and checked where the conn was centred. The engine room. He flicked up the video feeds for the engine room. Bazzer and Luna could be seen at the console, interacting with it, and talking. He then checked the flight plan.
“Ninety minutes until traverse. All good. Exercise time,” Dukk said aloud.
As Dukk had hoped, Marr was already in the gym. She was dressed in a similar manner to the day before and looking to be thoroughly enjoying the intense workout.
“Good morning, Dukk. Sleep well?” she said between hard breathing.
“I did, thank you Marr. You?” Dukk responded, lingering a little, before starting his stretches.
Marr’s machine sounded to indicate it was going into the warm down stage.
“Yes, better than the night before. I guess I am getting accustomed to all this.”
“That’s good. You didn’t sleep well the first night?”
“Nope. I tossed and turned. I guess I was nervous about what was ahead.”
“And you are not nervous now?”
