Tycho Colony, when Valerie woke up, she found herself at the spot where she left, facing what still appeared to be the unchanging Earth.
The vast Universe felt lonely and empty. Instinctively, she turned her head, only to find Lille hadn't appeared yet—
For a moment, she felt as if she were dreaming: like all this was just a dream she had in her rented room in the Skyscraper.
She dreamt of being on the Moon, her mind filled with fantasies of fame and fortune, dreams of two devoted brothers, fantasies of wonderful times in another world, feeling motherly care from Maya she'd never felt before...
Upon waking, she had to face a sea of bills, face the cold glass, face the rainy Night City, face a world where she didn't know how to live like a human.
