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extremely old. He invented the terraformation processes that made Mars habitable, that made all of these space-islands habitable. He was also the first person to mass produce DNA calibrated for life on these new places. In his mind, he is the creator of planets and people, like God. It may have taken him more time than the seven days the Bible said it took God, but who was counting? When the miracle of life ended, he was happy. He said it was a natural continuation of the maturity of the human race — that we were growing up and gaining responsibility.
    “He made Mars a home for this kind of thought. Mars doesn’t care about the end of the miracle of life. Their leader is the most powerful life creator in the Solar System. His whole planet reveres him as God already. He plans on controlling the entire Solar System’s life production. Once he controls the production of all new life, in time, we believe he’ll be able to make himself recognized as the God of the Solar System. The God of all life. The only God. My investigation into the attacks on Earth’s history is part of this. There can be no memory of a time when he wasn’t God, nor reference to other gods.
    “So, your mother told me she intended to hide the entire Blue Moon — she never told me how she was going to do this, but we have more than ample proof she’s succeeded.”
    Shankar pointed up at the sky in general.
    “The last thing your mother told me was to get here in order to protect you.”  
    “Protect me from what?”
    “The Martians will be looking for information related to the Blue Moon. Your mother was in charge up there, so they’ll come for you to find out what you know.” Shankar paused. “This is where you find me — I’ve followed your mother’s instructions and here we are.”
    Emmy broke eye-contact with Shankar. She stared out into the drab landscape and weighed what Shankar told her. She weighed who he was, and whether or not she could trust him. She went with her gut feeling, turned her attention back to him and said, “You said you’re a detective, right?”
    “That’s right.”
    “Hold on one moment.”
    Emmy pulled out the blue light from her bag. She put it on the table next to the silver leaf tea pot.
    “You’re not the first strange thing to appear around here lately,” she said. Detective Shankar picked up the blue light and began inspecting it closely.
    “This is not from St. John’s,” he said. “When did you find it?”  
    “Last night.”
    “Where?”
    “In my garage. It’s the same color as the Blue Moon. I think it might be a piece of the Blue Moon.”
    Shankar focused his eyes and stared at the blue light, as if mesmerized. He kept staring at the light when he said, “I will need some time with this.”  
    “Go ahead. Take your time.”
    Shankar pulled out handheld devices and lenses and continued his inspection of the blue light. At times he looked at it closely, other times he stared off into the distance. Occasionally, he looked at his electronic devices.
    All the while, Emmy fidgeted and snacked as she waited for Shankar to finish his inspection. She looked out at the Rock Sun again. It was going through its final burn stages, all shimmering embers flickering from dark red to black more and more often.
    “The Rock Sun won’t be lit for much longer today,” Emmy said, breaking the long silence that had filled the empty cottage.
    Shankar stirred from his concentration. “When I landed, I heard the day would be short.”
    Shankar stood up from the kitchen table and walked towards the window next to Emmy. Both of them stared out at the darkening landscape.
    He handed the blue light back to Emmy and said, “I don’t know what it does or how it’s supposed to help us.” Detective Shankar’s voice trailed off. He was looking through the window, at something in the dark red sky. He traced it to the fields as his eyes widened.
    “We need to leave, Emmy. We don’t have much