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Epilogue:TheReturn
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‘Therereallyiswater!’ayoushoutedwithjoyoussurprise.Itwastrue;avastsurfaceofwaterstretchedoutbeforetheSparklingwavesshimmereduheduskyheavens.
TheMarshalremovedtheglovesofhisspacesuit.Withbothhands，hescoopedupshisvisor，hevee.Ashequicklyclosedhisvisain，hecalled，‘Hey，it’snottoosalty.’Whethelieutenantwasabouttoopenhisownvisor，hestoppedhi‘You’llsufferdepressiohepositiomosphereisaottheproblem;thepoisonoussulphuripoheairhavealreadythi.However，theatmosphericpressureistoolow.Withoutavisor，itislikewhatbeingatthirtythousahe>
Ageneraldugihisfeet.‘Maybethere’ssomegrassseeds，’hesaid，smilingasheraisedhisheadtolookattheMarshal.
TheMarshalshookhishead.‘Beforethewar，thiswasthebottomoftheo.’
‘Wegohavealookat’snotfarfromhere.Maybewedsomethere，’thelieuteed.
‘Anywillhavebeenburntlongago，’someohasigh.
&hemsedthehorizoniheyweresurroundedbyanunbrokenountailybornbytheeheEarth.Theyweredarkbluemassifsmadeofbarermaspillingfrlowed，likebloodoozingfromthebodyofaslaian.
ThemagmariversoftheEarthbelowhadbur.
ThiswasEarth，twohuhirtyyearsafterthe>
&hewarhadehanonehundredpeopleaboardthetrolshiphadeioheretheywaitedfortheDevourertospitouttheEarth;thentheywouldreturheirwait，theirshiphadbeeasatellite，gtheplaofDevourerahi.Inallthattime，theDevourerEmpirehaddohingtoharassthe
Owenty-fiveyearsafterthewar，theandship’ssensorspickedupthattheDevourerwasintheprocessofleavih.Irousedsomeofthoseiioheywoke，theDevourerhadalreadylefttheEarthandflowheEarthhadbeentraoawhollyalienworld，astra，perhapsbestdescribedasalumpofcharcoalfreshlyoutoftheoven.Theoshadalldisappeared，andthelandwasawebofmagmarivers.
ThepersohetrolshiplyuetheirhibernatioheirsensorsaheEarthtocool.Thiswaitlastedaury.
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&heyagainwokefromhibernation，theyfou，itsviolentgeologyhavihwasadesolate，yellowwastelahoughalllifehaddisappeared，therewasstillasparseatmosphere.Theyevendisnantsoftheosofold.
Sotheylaheshoreofsuahesizeofapre-wartallake.
Ablastofthunder，deafeninginthisthinatmosphere，roaredabovethemasthefamiliar，ofaDevourerEmpireshiplafarfromtheirowsgiganticdoorsopened，andFangstookhisfirsttstepsout，leaningheavilyonawalkingstickthesizeofapowerpole.
‘Ah，youarestillalive，sir!’theMarshalgreetedhi‘Youmustbearoundfivehundrednow?’
‘HowcouldIlivethatlong?I，too，wentiion，thirtyyearsafterthewar.IhibersoIcouldseeyouagain，’Faed.
&heDevourernow?’theMarshalasked.
Faheskyaboveasheanswered.‘Youstillseeitatnight;itisbutadimstarnoassedJupiter’sorbit.’
‘Itisleavingthesolarsystem?’theMarshalqueried.
Fangsnodded.‘Iwillsetouttodaytofollowit.’
TheMarshalpausedbeforespeakiholdnow.’
Fangssadlynoddedhisgianthead.‘Old…’hesaid，hiswalkingsticktremblinginhishand.‘Theworld，iioEarth.
‘Asmallamoumosphereremains.ShouldwesiderthisanaertheDevourerEmpire?’theMarshalaskedquietly.
Fangsshookhishead.‘Ithasnothingtodowithmercy;itisy.’
&h’ssoldierslookedatFangsi.
‘Oh，inthiswartheDevourerEmpiresufferedaedwouhundredsofmillionsiears，’Fangsadmitted.‘Oure，too，sufferedcriticaldamage.Afterthewar，ittookusfiftyEarthyearsjusttopletepreliminaryrepairs，andowasdonecouldwebegiheEarth.Butwekourtimeinthesolarsystemwaslimited.Ifwedidime，acloudofiwouldflhtinthtpath.Ahelongwayround，wewouldlosesevehousandyearsonourwaytothear.Inthattime，thestar’sstatewouldhavealreadyged，bursthatwewishedtoe.BecauseofthiswehadtochewtheplaheSueandotpickthemgsexplained.
‘Thatfillsuswithgreatfortandhonour.’theMarshalsaid，lookingatthesoldierssurroundinghi
‘Youaremostworthyofit.Ittrulywasagreatiellarwar.IhyannalsoftheDevourer’swars，ourswasoremarkablebattles!Tothisday，allthroughoutourworld，minstrelssingoftheepicatsoftheEarth’sssstated.
‘Wewouldsoohumanitywouldrememberthewar.So，howishumanity?’theMarshalqueried.
&heroximatelytwobillionhumaedtotheDevourerEmpire，abouthalfofallofhumanity，’FaivatingthelargesofhisportableputerwherepicturesoflifeontheDevourerappeared.Thesrevealedabeautifulgrasslandunderblueskies.roupofhappyhumanswassinginganddandatfirstitwasdifficulttodistinguishthegehesehumans.Theirskinwasasoft，subtlewhite，andtheywerealldressedinfine，gauzyclotheswithbeautifulwreathsofflowersohedistanakeoutamagle，clearlymodelledohingfromahfairytale.Itsvibrantadeitlookasifitweremadeofdchocolate.
Thecamera’slensdrewcltheMarshalacetostudythesepeople’sdetail.Hewassooelycedthattheyweretrulyhappy.Itwasanutterlycarefreehappial.Itremindedhimofthefewshortyearsofichildhoodjoythatpre-warhumanshadexperienced.
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