Date: February 7th, 2132

  Day 66 - Third Rotation

  Received correspondence from Marigold Family Court today. Official seal, official language, official fucking bullshit.

  The procedure is going through. They've scheduled the hearing for August, which means I'll need to attend immediately after rotation ends. I came out here to get away from this. That was the entire point. 40 months at the edge of the solar system and somehow Earth still finds ways to reach out and grab me by the throat.

  They want statements. They want documentation. They want me to provide testimony about things I've already testified about twice. As if saying it a third time will somehow change the facts. As if any of this changes anything.

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  I should be focused on the work. The project. The deadline. Instead I'm sitting here staring at legal letterhead with the Marigold crest on it, feeling the weight of 40 AU between me and a courtroom I don't want to be in, discussing matters I don't want to discuss with people I don't want to see.

  Fuck this. Fuck all of it.

  I need to sleep. I need to work. I need to stop thinking about August.

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  no no no

  not again not

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