Chapter Three
Carrie and Dave put on their fluorescent orange jumpsuits at Carrie’s home. They were about to travel via transgalactic gateway to a Transgalactic Council starship where Errruorerrrrrhch would listen to their report.
Dave came into Carrie’s kitchen to wait with her for the gateway to open. It would appear in its usual place beneath her kitchen sink. Not for the first time, Carrie wondered how, despite their hideous uniform, Dave always managed to look attractive and stylish. When Carrie was wearing her jumpsuit she avoided mirrors. Even though she’d finally asked for a size that fitted her, having given up on the hope that she would lose enough weight to fit into the too-small uniform she’d first selected, the clothes still emphasized her pot belly and dumpy legs.
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