Sedimentary Rocks

A pristine orbital landscape “But what about sedimentary rocks - do you have any of those?” “Ah!” Said Quarnax keenly, his characteristic enthusiasm suggesting that I’d hit upon a topic of particular interest to him. Since arriving on the GSV Serious Lack of Commitment some months ago I had started to get over what “call me Serious” had described as, without any apparent irony, my “culture shock” and been let out on my own more, to make my own investigations. I’d also come to realise that the lack of apparent irony was absolutely no indication of whether irony was genuinely present and Serious liked nothing better than to be ironic, sarcastic or downright rude without showing an iota of it in his outward manner. But when I had asked my companion / guide Esternor about Orbital construction he was somewhat flummoxed. In fact, this wasn’t unusual for him - he wanted to apply to Contact and as part of his appraisal had been assigned to me (as a resident “alien”, non-Culture person) as my…