"Firefly, this is L.A., how copy?"
"That's a solid, L.A.." Replied Will.

I was too busy buried in checklists to bother with the radio. Part of it was my job, the other half was trying to keep the previous dream out of my mind. It wasn't working.

"Good to hear. Just giving everyone up there a heads up. As of five minutes ago, you are now in the Moon's gravitational reach. Congrats."

I broke concentration from the checklist...

I pulled myself through the tunnel, heading for Challenger. I was drained from the three hours spent talking and releasing a cubesat. Not as easy as it sounds. I found Brandon curled in a ball scribbling on a notepad.

"What are you doing?"
"Drawing."
"What might you be drawing?"
"Something." He said with a smirk. I shook my head and headed back through the tunnel.

"Firefly, this is L.A., how's everything...

"Will, LIDAR is pinging at fifteen meters."
"Got it. Flush RCS, and open the mates."
"On it."

I flipped two switches and turned a knob. I heard three small thumps followed by one loud one.

"RCS is flushed and the mates are open. LIDAR at ten meters."
"Copy. Lights on please."
"Lights coming on."

I pushed a button on the console, and looked at the MFD showing our progress....