Fluency. Desert Noir

I stood in the center of the oasis on the desert planet of Kurbul, surrounded by shops. My companion __, K5, stood next to me.

• robot

• spaceship

• planet

We were lucky to have found this place. After two days of walking through the __, I was beginning to think it was curtains for us.

• desert

• space

• filter

We had made the emergency landing a few days _ after our spaceship was shot down. The details of the landing were hazy.

• earlier

• later

• never

I remembered getting shot at by space pirates. The next thing I knew, I woke up _ by sand. My spaceship was nowhere to be found.

• surrounded

• swimming

• under

Luckily, old K5 was there to help me. He took a visual reading of the planet and discovered this oasis. We set out across the desert, sticking to the shade during the day. Now that we were here, all I wanted was _.

• water

• planet

• space

K5 and I wandered into the nearest restaurant and sat down. Immediately, I had a funny feeling. A giant Martian sat behind the bar, giving me the evil eye. I didn’t like this _ or the way he was looking at me.

• fellow

• question

• martian

I thought he might be up to some mischief. He came out from _ the bar and walked over to us.

• behind

• back

• over

“What do you boys want?” he asked suspiciously. “I’m craving a glass of water,” I said. “Think you could help me out?” “Didn’t you read the _ outside?” he asked.

• sign

• chair

• water

“We don’t serve humans.” “Then give it to my robot,” I joked. I didn’t like where this was headed. The last thing I needed was for _ to escalate.

• tempers

• spaceships

• robots

This guy didn’t know he was talking to the most _ swordfighter in the galaxy. And I’ve been known to do some stupid things when I’m thirsty.

• famous

• obnoxious

• heroic