The wild blue yonder

They were both sat on the ladders mounted on top of Marlowe's white van. Below them firemen were rushing back and forth with ropes and stretchers, an ambulance arrived with its lights flashing and out of it came the paramedics ready for action.

Alice dropped him off in town she told him not to drink too much. Norm had a pint ready for him and was sat outside in the garden looking at the river.

The conversation began like a game. What did he remember? What did you remember? Norm said do you remember the van; Martin said yes and described how they had watched the scenes below. What about Marlowe said Martin and Norm said who'd have thought it, Marlowe blubbing like a baby! Norms answer was a relief because he also remembered watching Marlow crying.
The worst part had been returning and when they came round it was in intensive care.

They said they couldn't remember what happened but kept to them selves the strange common dream they'd had and the vivid blue sky.

Norm told Martin he had quit and Marlowe had phoned him to wait, Marlowe said they had found a faulty sensor! Martin grimaced, stuff Marlowe he wasn't going back either, they looked up at the blue skies over the town. Going back might be too tempting…