[171-2-13 09.03 p.m. PF, ‘How about now? There is no Unio, Avery, you could come back, right?’]

  R: …

  …

  Avery closed his eyes.

  He had confirmed he would travel to attend Luna’s wedding. He had received a special ID already. When she heard him saying ‘yes,’ it was delivered minutes later to his messenger. She cared.

  To come back to Unio?

  The New Empire… what a curiosity. Avery was not only hesitant. He was certain it was a trick, like coloring withered grass with green paint, to pretend that all was fine.

  He listened to the sounds.

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  Calmed down.

  Luna, however, was confident the changes were real. She was surely in love with Si, her husband. It could be her being naively in love.

  Love. What a nuisance. Luna had asked if Avery wanted to attend with someone—a girlfriend or someone from his family. He said then that no—no family.

  His family was nonexistent. They had abandoned him nine years ago, and it was confirmed by their behavior later during the trial.

  Avery had no family.

  A girlfriend?

  Women. He never engaged for longer than a few weeks. No girlfriend.

  Alone. Avery wanted to be left alone.

  He focused. Someone was approaching.

  “… Corja! Corja!”

  The voice, Avery recognized. It was his coworker; something had happened.

  After the situation with Planet Three, all were alerted. Whatever was irregular, panic was on the streets. Some said that Planet Four was surely the next one.

  It was a chaotic situation here.

  Avery observed.

  Managing chaos? Of no problem. Pleasure it was. He liked to bring order.

  “What?” he shouted back and opened his eyes.

  Before he stood up, he took his messenger to reply to Luna.

  …

  R: [170-2-13 09.20 p.m. PF, ‘Thank you, Luna, not now. I need to observe if it is a real change, or they just renamed this old joke called Unio’]