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       Robert looked taller and more muscular: than the last time I saw him. 
       His brown skin and attractive smile reminded me that we were once lovers - in the mists of
untold space - and I also smiled a little.      Although there were now many dark clouds in those
mists - my heart still kept him in the atrium for friends.
       "Hey Alia: will you let an old friend in?" - he immediately read my thoughts from my face:
"after a long sad pilgrimage.."
       "How could I refuse the venerable Butterfly?" I said with a hint of sarcasm:    but opened
the door wide and hugged him tightly "..after his honest message."
       He sighed and grabbed my hands: "you're still so beautiful Aloo: Andrea was right    - you
green ones don't age at all."
       "Were you with her?" I asked him on the way to the kitchen.
       "I read an interview with her. Don't you know where she is?"
       "Cofee?"
       "Yes. Little spoon of sugar. I would need to find out where she is now.  I need to talk to
her urgently: and actually also to you  - and probably you won't like it very much Aloo: probably
not at all."
       I wanted to tell him: "I'm used to it:" but I didn't. 
       "I think: she is somewhere on the planet: but she can be anywhere - we see each other once
or twice a year - she always calls me from the port and then comes and spends a week here with me
- she goes to work with me  - we take care of the plants together: and we drink juice together in
the evening. It will be almost six months already. But a few days ago: she sent me a picture of a
chocolate cake. I expect her arrival any minute.
       "I'm afraid it won't be so soon.  The army secretly occupied Ember 01 yesterday: and right
now they're attacking the two and three.  By tomorow: they will have them all under their control
- including Lyra and the smaller green satellites.    I know: you stopped trusting me a long time
ago: but if you stay here anything can happen. You are the enemy. It's a war against the greens."