There was silence for a while.
"It's melting through, now. There it goes. Down through the dome. Out of sight." After a moment, Capt. Lawler continued. "Funny how things fall so slowly under this low gravity. It floated through their dome just like a feather. You should have seen it."
Eventually, Lt. Chandler said, "Boys, this is my last hitch."
There was more silence.
Capt. Wilkins mused, "I guess they didn't have a little scale either."
Someone was breathing loudly. At length, Major Winship said reflectively, "Why do you suppose they would try to calk it from the outside?"
Again silence. Major Winship asked the question. "Okay. Let's have it. How's the other little dome?"
"Other one? Oh, sorry," Capt. Lawler said. "It looks all right."
"It better be all right," Lt. Chandler said.