Chapter 22

           InonelimbofaSpiralGalaxy,closetoastarknownas"Sol"tosomeofitsdependents,anotherstarofthesametypeunderwentcatastrophicreadjustmentandbecamenova.ItsglorywouldbeseenonMarsinanotherthree-replenished(729)years,or1370Terranyears.TheOldOnesnotedthecomingeventasbeinguseful,shortly,forinstructionoftheyoung,whileneverceasingtheexcitingandcrucialdiscussionofestheticproblemsconcerningthenewepicwovenaroundthedeathoftheFifthPlanet.

           ThedepartureofthespaceshipChampionforitshomeplanetwasnotedwithoutcommentandawatchwaskeptonthestrangenestlingsentbackinit,butnothingmore,sinceitwouldbesometimeyetbeforeitwouldbefruitfultogroktheoutcome.Thetwenty-threehumansleftbehindonMarscoped,successfullyinmostways,withanenvironmentlethaltonakedhumansbutlessdifficult,onthewhole,thanthatintheFreeStateofAntarctica.Oneofthemdiscorporatedthroughanundiagnosedillnesssometimescalled"heartbreak"andatothertimes"homesickness."TheOldOnescherishedthewoundedspiritandsentitbackwhereitbelongedforfurtherhealing;asidefromthattheMartianslefttheTerransalone.

           OnEarththeexplodingneighborstarwasnotnoticedatall,humanastronomersstillbeinglimitedbyspeedoflight.TheManfromMars,havingbeenbrieflybackinthenews,haddroppedoutofthenewsagain.

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