Failing
I left the drive room. I couldn't allow Lister to see me this upset. I just gave my own eulogy. The only person at my funeral was myself and Lister. I never imagined my funeral would be like this. I never imagined I would die so young; I was only thirty-one, I thought I had a whole life ahead of me.
There are so many things I never got to do which I thought I would have more time for; falling in love for the first time, getting married, having children. Those dreams that would never become a reality. I never became an officer.
My parents never told me that they were proud of me. It was always Arnold, why can't you be more like your brother. Arnold, I don't understand how you can fail to get into the Space Corp, your brother had no trouble. The youngest of four boys, I was the first to die. The only thing I'd ever been more successful in than my brothers was at failing.
Updated 29 May 2017