365 Days of Drabbles: Day Ninety-Nine

For avanti_90: "Any planet in the Solar system explodes."

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"You're going to have every astronomer weeping when they all finish waking up," Steve said, looking up at the sky through the Roof.

"I think you're exaggerating," the Groupmind replied, sounding remarkably testy. "Besides, once we'd calculated the mass of the asteroid belt, it was obvious that we were going to need more material that for the Ring's construction."

"Did you need all of Jupiter's moons? Even Europa?"

"We tested it for life first," the Groupmind repeated.

"But you even blew up Pluto!"

"Look, it wasn't like it was a real planet anyway. I don't see what you're complaining about."

My tweets

• Mon, 12:11: Somehow I don't think Mr. Stross' commentary will be that forgiving. http://t.co/7W9MYSairL
• Mon, 16:00: "Don't worry. If you're banking with us, we already have." http://t.co/IZGWIG8Toi
• Mon, 16:10: I'm pretty sure it was Channel 20. I remember them as well, including the revival. http://t.co/Va4ZPuT4OS
• Mon, 16:22: Which do you want? To be becalmed or to sink? :) http://t.co/1hRqomyVfQ
• Tue, 00:02: 365 Days of Drabbles: Day Ninety-Nine http://t.co/uqWC2wKNWt
• Tue, 05:49: "The sky is much cleaner now. Less of an asteroid threat. Why are you looking at me like that?" http://t.co/dKMS0FdkJs