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and a cup of coffee balancing on her knee.
    If anyone else did that, we’d have a lot of cleaning to do.
    In front of her, a large hologram of a planet hovered in mid air, but it couldn ’t be a hologram; there weren’t any holo-projectors in the room. He walked around the sphere and crouched next to her to get a better look.
    “ I’ve decided I owe the universe some creation. I’m making a planet. The first step is the most difficult. One must be careful not to disturb the gravitational constant of the universe, or it will have terrible consequences in the long run. The next step is to design the continents and then populate them and the oceans. I don’t know yet if it should have moons. They also affect the balance, you know…”
    She paused with a small frown.
    “Back in the day, we used to go to the planets we were working on, but I think this is easier. It gives a better overview.”
    Stephan pretended this was a perfectly normal morning discussion.
    “ I see.”
    She pulled a hand through the air and the image disappeared.
    “It’ll still be there. I’ll show you later.”
    Her eyes burned on his skin and he flexed his muscles a little extra.
    “Care to join me in the shower, babe?”
    She looked offended, but the laughter in her voice revealed it wasn’t sincere.
    “ I’m a Goddess. I’m always clean, and I always smell good.”
    “ Yeah, but I don’t. Come on, humour me.”
    Maybe I could toss her over my shoulder and just bring her along. Tempting…
    The ship was built for a crew much larger than just one or two people. It had plenty of water and over-dimensioned recycling tanks. He rebuilt the sonic shower to use real water years earlier, and with a treasure like her… Well, he could think of all sorts of fun things to do in there.
    Maria rolled her eyes and pretended to be exasperated. She got out of bed, stark naked, covered only by long, dark hair cascading down her back. When trotting off towards the restroom, she wiggled her butt a little extra, clearly just to torment him.
    Seeing first those round breasts, so perky and unaffected by gravity, and then those little buttocks right in front of him made it quite difficult to think coherently. Temptation.
    She dashed for the door, and when he caught up she sprayed him with the shower, giggling wildly.
     
    *****
     
    During the next few days, Stephan worried she’d disappear as quickly as she came. As much as he appreciated every day, she would probably get bored, and going back to life alone held no appeal. For the moment, she seemed preoccupied with her planet, but that wouldn’t last forever.
    He tried to take an interest in it, leaned his shoulder against the wall, and watched.
    That’s pretty amazing.
    “ Maybe we can go there after I drop off the cargo.”
    That sounds too presumptuous, like I ’m assuming she’ll still be here. Dammit.
    She seemed oblivious of his inner torment, patting the seat next to her, urging him to come over.
    “I’d like that. Look here, we have to determine how the coastlines should be designed to work with the oceans, so the waves flow right, and how high and where the mountains should be.”
    He took a seat next to her and folded his hands in his lap to keep them away from her.
    “ It all affects the eco system, doesn’t it?”
    “ Very good.”
    “ So with this mountain ridge here, that side will be protected, and this side, towards the ocean, will get a lot of rain, right?”
    “ Yes. The climate there will be mild, but rainy.”
    He didn ’t really want to go to the space station anymore. Once there, she might find something or someone more entertaining. It was a pointless line of thought; she could leave whenever she wanted to and she was still there, but he was obsessed and couldn’t stop worrying. Every part of the ship already echoed with memories of her; her scent, her face, and the feeling of her skin. He could look at a light and see her eyes instead.
    Funny how a pair of green eyes