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The life and death of Mona Lisa on the Moon ."The Alterwelt Chronicles". . 32,000 years in the making!!!!

Mona, received an encrypted voice and image file with the proceedings of the War Council. The first message received since the ion thrust had been shut down. Her first thoughts were about her parents. She knew without asking that they would be the last two humans on the Moon from the World Alliance. The two thick headed, stubborn, addlepated old farts that they were . . . she loved them all the more.

Levie, status report please?

"M . . . all readings normal. Proceeding at 77,564.02344 mph toward Mars to accomplish Mars vicinity approach."

Since there still were a few weeks before the need to alter Leviathan's alignment with Mars (for the sling shot maneuver to Ceres) Mona had some time to think and reminisce. She knew her beloved wilderness near SpaceJump City may soon become only a memory.

Levie . . . after updating the most recent data from the Alliance do you have any change in our success probabilities?

"Only a marginal change M"

What I thought, but just needed to ask anyway, Levie.

Mona thought . . . I wonder what Sue and Jim are thinking? Their world is soon to crash into a black hole and no one knows if they will come out the other end. Mankind is on the very edge of changes they cannot comprehend.