THE NULL SOLUTION = Episode 79
…Because you may not come back, for any number of reasons, the least of which is all the comforts of home and the housekeeper’s cooking.
See – that’s what you get for failing the transmigration class. I am going hyperphysical, baby…
Just as Deke was starting his soliloquy, Celeste pops in to check on her guys. She is acutely aware of Sampson’s opinions on his missing daughter-in-law, which means making sure he does not do anything rash.
“I gather the non-natives are getting restless.”
“Dad wants to go back to Earth and I was talking him off the Defender ledge.”
“Ekcello and I have been discussing some options…”
“… Ekcello and I – like he cares,” the skeptic in Sam shows itself yet again.
“It’s his offspring who is lost, not ours, so you bet he cares. As I was saying, we talked it over and we think it is time I return to Earth.”
“See – see what I was telling you Gus! I can almost taste a King Ranch Hereford ribeye now.”
“But not in the Defender Sam. We think a well-being check is in order.”
“On Gus and Roy and Francine, yes! And why can’t I go?”
“Because you may not come back, for any number of reasons, the least of which is all the comforts of home and the housekeeper’s cooking.” Like a teacher with a borderline student she adds, “See – that’s what you get for failing the transmigration class. I am going hyperphysical, baby!”
“Which means you can look, but you can’t touch, right?”
“Yes, I can leave clues that I’ve been there, but that’s all.”
And so the saga of a lost Eridanian Princess and her Milky Way wandering mother-in-law opens a new phase.