Chapter 4It started slowly. Each morning, Madsen would get something to eat, some water and some conversation about the day’s chores. By evening another freeze-dried meal, and water.
The first day after his detention he cleaned fuel cells. The second day, he calibrated equipment. The third day, he changed obsolete but still functional lights on different panels. The fourth day involved cleaning the different compartments including the toilet. By the fifth Terran day, Sartre removed the leg chains. Madsen had proved his worth and repeated some of the chores assigned to him.
Sartre was never too far from view. He suspected Sartre didn’t trust him but allowed him to earn his food rations.
By the tenth day, Sartre removed Madsen’s handcuff ties, and he was free to move about the ship with t
