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Eilean Ristoll
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There is a wee island in Scotland where sea birds rule and seals
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come to greet you each morning, and you can walk on sea weed.
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Actually, there are many like that in Scotland, but this one is
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on the Summer Islands, just a hop from the mainland. It's easy to
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get to it on a kayak, and you can camp on it, braving a few
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midges on the warm season.
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That's what dad told me. You see, our ship was named after this
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"wee" island my dad spent a week on. (It has an extra "l" but
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that's because Aunt messed it up when she did the ship records
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forms, it was supposed to be Eilean Ristol 1).
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But it's not like Ristol at all, it just have pictures of it on
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the mess hall.
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We are pirates!
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No, I'm kidding. We're a border cargo ship bringing supplies
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and doing errands for small systems on the frontier of space.
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No, not really. Not yet. You see, we're starting one week from
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now. I won't be in school for five years or more. I'll study at
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the ship which is my home already. So I can say I'll study at
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home. I'll also do work. Dad and aunt says no, but I'm old
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enough, I'm 14!, so they will ask me to, eventually...
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Otherwise it will be pretty boring. I'm guessing. None of us
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have been in deep space before, but Auntie.
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Seven days to count down...
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I don't know what else to say. I've got homework.
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~ Enteka
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