Meanwhile, Ivan was returned to his contemplation. He did not hear that someone opened the door but felt a reassuring presence, his girlfriend had just arrived.

Mariya Toumanova is a young woman in her thirties, with piercing eyes and long brown hair that fell over her shoulders. She was dressed in a pale pink suit, a symbol of her office.

- Hi Mariya, Ivan said, kissing her, had a good trip?

- Hi Ivan, everything went well, Father salute you.

Straightened, she looked around her and saw the piles of blueprints and notes covering the meeting room, the drawn chairs and Cortex screen still on. She understood the purpose of her coming.

- Tell me, why are you working here in the meeting room, having an office on the floor above?

- I needed space to think, the office is too small. I needed Cortex, it helps me, and it calms me.

 - That is why, you work here?

- You know that I do not like being locked up.

- Rather say that you have always been lonely, a fighter who prefers chaining missions around the galaxy instead of dealing with his responsibilities.

- But Mariya...

Mariya cut him off with a kiss

- You know you're not alone... your family is there... I'm here...

- I know... Father sent you here to lecture me?

- No, he asked me to remind you why you're here with us. I want you to grow up Elfindel, you must finally face your duty.

- Nienna, you know I've always been a fighter, I do not like being locked up. Father want me to change, but I do not know if I'm ready.

- But we are here to help you, you know it, you are not alone, your family is here... I'm here... Sofiya is there...

Ivan cut her off with a kiss

- Sofiya is just my aide, nothing more...

- Oh, and why she always accompanies you on your missions? Why she knows more than me?

 - Mariya ...

Ivan was stopped by a noise; someone was knocking at the door.

- Who is there? Asked Mariya.

 -It's Albus, my assistant.

 -The human?

- He is no longer a human...

Mariya went out, slamming the door.

- Come in Albus, do not pay attention to Mariya, she's always like that.

- Who is she?

- My fiancé. She has just come back from the Capitol now.

- I heard you arguing.

- She brought me a message from my father.

- Your father?

- Yes, it was he who sent me here.

 - I thought it was your mission.

- It is, but my father oversees it. Enough about that, we have work.

- Work, work, you only have that word in your mouth. Tell me, why am I here? You did not tell me anything.

- I think you know why you’re here. You're bright, you ended Harvard with honors, right?

- Yes, but there's something more, I'm wrong?

- As a child, you wanted to be an astronaut, right? You felt cramped on your planet? You finished one of the best high schools in Germany, but that was not enough for you, you went to the United States where you graduated and at the age of thirty you became the CEO of your company, with thousands of people under your orders, but that was not enough, am I right?

- How do you know all this?

- Cortex showed it to me. I brought you here and I want to train you to be someone great, Albus. You dreamed of conquering the stars? Your wish will be fulfilled.

- It was just a childhood dream...

- You know it was not only a dream, you always felt cramped like me. I feel it. We are alike you and me, there's no doubt.

- That's why I'm here, to be formed?

- If you wish, yes. But the road will be long and difficult. You must relearn everything.