It was on the floor in the apartment but only because the sofa was taken. There were several people around and someone — I’ve forgotten who — asked “which one is the best spaceship?” This is a dangerous question. Even more so than the one about where the fine line between cyborg and robot is, most people get bored with the technicalities.

But this one, people began to say their own preferences and why, and the others tsk and say “that’s not a spaceship, that’s a moonshaped space station.” That is until Rikard threw himself into it. I’m not sure, but I think he defined it like this: a spaceship is mass-produced, if it’s a one-off it’s just a dumb boat. And then he listed the top five mass-produced spaceships of all time. I don’t remember the list and I’m sure we didn’t agree in every detail. It was a great list though, I remember that much.

These are the friends I miss the most.