MISSION LOG – SOL 74
Hello humans who read this! I am Starlight… sorry, I can’t find a good English word for mine last name. Mark lets me write this using the dictionary in his computer.
There is a page with pictures of animals on it. The animal closest to what I am is “horse.” But it’s not quite right. Your horse has a strange face and a really small brain. Too I have a horn and your horse does not.
Mark does not want to write today. He went EVA to walk for a while. He is angry. So am I. We hate this rover. The rover stinks from our bathroom. We have to save it for the farm, but it’s really bad. We can’t move because the rover is too full. We can only get space if we wear our suits and go outside, but that is a lot of trouble. We can’t get more than six hooves away from each other. Mine legs hurt from not moving so long.
Mark thinks we get to Pathfinder in two or three more sols. The ground is different here. Where Mark lives is flat. Here there are hills and valleys and a lot more rocks. Mark can’t drive as fast as he wants. The rover moves when we drive over small rocks. Today we had to back up and go around a field of rocks too big to drive over. We drove seventy-two
“Starlight Glimmer, this is Amicitas.”
kilometers today.
“Starlight Glimmer, this is Amicitas, do you read?”
“Reading you clearly, Amicitas. I’m kind of busy now, over.”
“Just the daily status check, Starlight. How are you doing?”
“About eight words per minute.”
“Sorry, Starlight, I didn’t copy that.”
“I said we’re fine, Cherry. And I know you’re fine, because you would have called sooner if something happened.”
“Oh… well… okay, then. Until tomorrow, Amicitas out.”
Writing this took me half an hour. I am learning to type but I am slow. I need practice. I need to tell humans how our magic works and how our technology works. We need humans to help mine people find us and come get us. For humans to help us we must help humans.
Too this helps me learn more English. It is strange how English and our language are different words but in the same order. Our numbers are near the same. There are other things I can’t talk about now. Maybe
Mark is back in the rover. He wants me to stop now. I hope I talk with you again.