A Lovely Failure

Words like "success" and "failure" don't really mean much when you lose their cultural references. And CharlPosted to a remote planet as a consequence of his many failures, Charles is supposed to search for resources the home world can exploit. Lazy and self-indulgent, he fakes his reports and earns the love of the indigenous people, who consider striving for its own sake rather foolish. Having learned to love the people and the planet, he feels at home. When the home world abruptly sends a new person to check up on him, he joins with Queen Ayesha to take serious measure to prevent success from being thrust upon them all. es has been posted to a distant world where everything that mean success back home is considered rather foolish. He has learned to love it and when his happy situation is threatened, he and the people he enjoys so much are forced to take steps to prevent success from being thrust upon them. A science fiction short story.