Part 4
Curious. Last time I talked I was so upset by discovering that Rehaneh has so much power. The following weeks I started daydreaming I was saving planets from her claws, although I knew it wouldn't be as simple as thinking about it. In the meantime, Randy seemed at last to feel happier about his life. What a change! I was very pleased that he finally managed to overcome the sad memories of his lost companions.
And then one day he suddenly asked me, "There's that history and geology museum I'd like to visit on Dabih Nest III c, would you like to come with me?". That request sounded much like, "please I crave to go, but I'll never do that alone, I beg you please come". Intrigued. "What is so cool about that place?", I replied. Randy blushed a little, and took a deep breath. "Well, I'm penpals with that Hylotl girl, Haruka, and her family owns the museum. You know I love archaeology, and she does too, and she would be ok to make for us a personal tour of the museum with her. Wouldn't that be awesome?". He looked stressed and enthusiastic at the same time. I nodded, "ok, I'm in, some history knowledge can't hurt anyway".
A few days later we took his home teleporter and entered "Dabih Nest III c" as the destination. When we arrived, we were greeted by Gorou, a long haired Hylotl waiting for visitors at the entrance desk. "The museum ticket is free, so that everyone can learn about the history of the universe", he explained. Randy's nervosity was everywhere around us, and I tried my best to distract him while waiting for Haruka. We took some leaflets and sat on the bench near the door with a glass of water.
The museum. So much history in such a clean space.
Haruka showed up a little late at the teleporter. She looked like a spoiled aristocratic child, with a sparkle of kindness in her eyes, wrapped in a seriously eccentric outfit. The universe is indeed vast and varied!
This is Haruka. Kindness, in style.
She looked at both of us waving and smiling from outside. Randy jumped from the seat and put his hands in his pockets, a little bit too tense. I waved back, and we walked towards each other to introduce ourselves. Haruka was a very nice person, though she had no idea about the difficulties of life. We wandered peacefully in the two levels of the museum, one for fossils, with its suspended catwalk made to admire the biggest specimens from a nice top view, and the other about geology, containing rare and beautiful fragments of ores. Then Haruka invited us in the restaurant on the other side of the building for lunch. We had a very interesting conversation, but I'll detail that later...
See you next time!
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