“The future would not know what to do with me.” It is an amusing thought, though. (She would also love the aesthetics of Instagram and TikTok if she knew about those and got to experience them.) “I couldn't even make it out of nineteen eighty-six alive, so the future would be like, me flailing around and obstacle course-ing my way through who knows what.” She's probably not giving herself enough credit, because if she can handle alien planets, she can also probably do the late twenty-tens just fine.

She nods at the words in the sand as she speaks. “No, this is good - forget the network.” If people don't like it, they can deal with it!