Space, not so dark or lifeless anymore, not since humans have mastered the way to swim up there, and spread their influence, or their greed.
In that darkness, the small blue gem of the Sol system was still hanging there like a jewel with which the departing and returning spaceships formed a necklace. They made the surroundings seem more lively than a year ago, but there was something chaotic to the liveliness, a chaos which was also different from the rhythmic order a year ago.
Much seemed to have changed in the time the previous dominators of the planet had been away, and with a flicker, a new element appeared in the dark space, coming to add a foreign touch to the nascent evolver civilization.
