Gr8 SciFi story. I was waiting for the twist at the end, could feel it coming but didn't figure it out until the last paragraph :-) So good to see some quality creative content on here! A lot of spam floating about out there. I'm a writer too and have been blogging on here for a month now about scuba diving and other travel/nature experiences. I have been contemplating posting some of my short stories on here ever since I started, maybe I will now or write new ones just for steemit. Cheers for the inspiration @techslut