As their Shore Leave ticked down and the departure time drew near, Lt. Zee relented and they began to think about the way back.

In the full afternoon glare of Vegas-19, they didn't see Special Agent Charlotte until he was right on top of them. His assignment wouldn't take him back to the moon base for several days but he gave them directions that they both pretended to understand.

If they hadn't bumped into him, he dryly explained, they would have strayed into the Dark Side of Gecko...

They had to run to catch the shuttle.