Inertia- **n.**- a resistance to changes in state of motion or rest.
“I’m your new partner.”
“Excuse me?”
“I’m your new partner.”
“I heard that part.”
“Then-”
“Then there’s been some mistake.”
“There hasn’t been some mistake. It says it right here.”
“I don’t care what that paper says. You’re not my partner.”
“I am your partner.”
“No. I work alone.”
Gravity- **n.**- a force of attraction between two objects.
“She’s a 10, easy.”
“Hm.”
“You don’t agree?”
“Hm?”
“You don’t agree that she’s a 10?”
“I don’t agree with you ranking strangers based on looks.”
“I could rank our team based on looks.”
“Don’t-”
“We could start with Mandy-”
“I thought it was Sandy?”
“Mandy. *Madeline.*”
“Right. Randy.”
“You’re impossible.”
“I’m impossible?”
“Yes, indeed.”
“If I’m impossible, then you’re insane.”
“I’m insane?”
“You’re insane.”
“Your logic being-”
“-flawless, in that by associating with an impossible thing, you are in fact insane.”
“Ma did always say I was too quixotic.”
Orbit- **n.**- a regular, repeating path an object takes around another.
“Here.”
“Not coffee?”
“Not coffee.”
“How did-”
“You never drink coffee past 10 p.m.”
“It’s not about the caffeine.”
“Right.”
“It’s not! I could stop any time.”
“I know.”
“I don’t- Wait. What do you mean ‘you know?'”
“What do you mean: ‘what do you mean?’ I meant I know, plain and simple.”
“We’ve been partners for almost 10 years, man. Nothing with you is ‘plain and simple.'”
“Like you’re one to talk.”
“Eh, you love me.”
“For all your faults.”
“For all my faults.”
“Including your caffeine addiction.”
“Including my- Hey!”
Orbit- **v**.- to center around.
“You know there’s no going back right.”
“Yes.”
“No changing your mind last minute.”
“Yes.”
“We sign this, and it’s sealed. Set in stone. The whole shebang.”
“Yes; I’m *aware.*”
“Solid as the Rock of Gibralt-”
“If you don’t shut up, I’m not signing.”
“…”
“That’s what I thought. Hand me the pen, *partner*.”
-# it’s 2015, and two names finally become one.
-# a stellar collision, 27 years in the making.
spinning around the sun, dancing through a galaxy of stars and rocks and debris, the alien planet moved as if to its own music. who needed a steady orbit when you had the whole universe at your command? at your mercy?
Inertia- **n.**- a resistance to changes in state of motion or rest.
“I’m your new partner.”
“Excuse me?”
“I’m your new partner.”
“I heard that part.”
“Then-”
“Then there’s been some mistake.”
“There hasn’t been some mistake. It says it right here.”
“I don’t care what that paper says. You’re not my partner.”
“I am your partner.”
“No. I work alone.”
Gravity- **n.**- a force of attraction between two objects.
“She’s a 10, easy.”
“Hm.”
“You don’t agree?”
“Hm?”
“You don’t agree that she’s a 10?”
“I don’t agree with you ranking strangers based on looks.”
“I could rank our team based on looks.”
“Don’t-”
“We could start with Mandy-”
“I thought it was Sandy?”
“Mandy. *Madeline.*”
“Right. Randy.”
“You’re impossible.”
“I’m impossible?”
“Yes, indeed.”
“If I’m impossible, then you’re insane.”
“I’m insane?”
“You’re insane.”
“Your logic being-”
“-flawless, in that by associating with an impossible thing, you are in fact insane.”
“Ma did always say I was too quixotic.”
Orbit- **n.**- a regular, repeating path an object takes around another.
“Here.”
“Not coffee?”
“Not coffee.”
“How did-”
“You never drink coffee past 10 p.m.”
“It’s not about the caffeine.”
“Right.”
“It’s not! I could stop any time.”
“I know.”
“I don’t- Wait. What do you mean ‘you know?'”
“What do you mean: ‘what do you mean?’ I meant I know, plain and simple.”
“We’ve been partners for almost 10 years, man. Nothing with you is ‘plain and simple.'”
“Like you’re one to talk.”
“Eh, you love me.”
“For all your faults.”
“For all my faults.”
“Including your caffeine addiction.”
“Including my- Hey!”
Orbit- **v**.- to center around.
“You know there’s no going back right.”
“Yes.”
“No changing your mind last minute.”
“Yes.”
“We sign this, and it’s sealed. Set in stone. The whole shebang.”
“Yes; I’m *aware.*”
“Solid as the Rock of Gibralt-”
“If you don’t shut up, I’m not signing.”
“…”
“That’s what I thought. Hand me the pen, *partner*.”
-# it’s 2015, and two names finally become one.
-# a stellar collision, 27 years in the making.
spinning around the sun, dancing through a galaxy of stars and rocks and debris, the alien planet moved as if to its own music. who needed a steady orbit when you had the whole universe at your command? at your mercy?