“Let me continue,” Marwan cut in. Made Oka smiled and then signaled to go ahead. “The climate change happened because Earth was tilted northwards and southwards in its orbit against the sun,” said Marwan. “Everything begins since the Great Flood in Noah’s time. The tilting movement of the planet from south to north caused climate change. Seasons became shorter by centuries.” “So, the cause of all that is a comet?” Made Oka concluded. Marwan nodded and agreed with his good friend’s conclusion. “I didn’t mind if this zig-zagged orbit theory contrasts with the science that stated that Earth was tilted against the sun since its conception,” said Made Oka. “It’s the opposite of your description about the Lunar Year that began since the Day of the Solar Eclipse, signaled that there will be a moon shadow in the west. At that time, it’s supposed to be a total eclipse in a certain place on the Earth's equator. The occurrence of penumbra or partial eclipse also becomes proof that your theor

Having dinner in that diner, he sat with others. While eating, he even thought of Amanda, whether she was well fed or starving. Whether she was healthy or sick, happy or sad, content or miserable. But maybe, as fellow Millenials and as Marx Reign's granddaughter, she would much likely survive with her resources and resourcefulness, he hoped. Now that the cover-ups were done, it was time to spend some of the unlimited ankh credits for good use. As Herman had observed and learned how to drive a hover scooter from his teammate, he decided to buy a hoverbike from a nearby showroom. Naturally, he picked the sporty type. Seeing Herman's shabby looks, the showroom salesman didn't talk much to him. He only looked at the buyer's choice, typed something on the electronic data capture or EDC payment device, and displayed the credit amount and QR code on it to Herman. Herman scanned the code and paid the amount due, his eyes widened a bit. The salesman nodded and smiled a bit, said thank you, an

Herman sighed in relief knowing that every problem in this era was solved easily and instantly. It was a simple, good life everyone dreamt of, so why should it end? You could blame the supernova for that.Finally, Herman went away from the bike showroom with a lighter heart. And now he wanted to find another district in the city where he could get a good internet relay network signal. As he reached one, he activated Thoth Biometric Search Engine and hoped to get results this time.When he just logged in and ran the search, Herman shouted, “Bingo!” He just saw a message notification on the touch screen. He didn’t expect so quick a response and hoped that was about Amanda’s whereabouts. He then clicked the glowing hieroglyphic icon. Suddenly, by his side stood the girl long sought by himself and her loved ones from her time.“Amanda!” Herman shouted excitedly, turning to embrace the love of his life. But sadly, the Amanda he saw was just a virtual holographic image.Adding to his embarra

The natural stone stairway became the way to reach the high terraces. Herman became more awestruck on seeing the Sphinx up close, sitting flat on a stone altar three meters high. This time Herman smelled the fragrances from burnt incenses and flowers placed all over the place, emanating a religious, somewhat sacred aura. He only had a chance to take a glance at everything because the train-towing hoverbike kept on moving. He went into a warehouse next to the main building and stopped to unload the cargo. After the work was finished, he then read the next job schedule on the holographic monitor at the warehouse office. Luckily he got an unlimited off-time until the next job schedule was up. "I'll go to get some fresh air," said Herman to the warehouse supervisor who supervised the cargo unloading. And then he walked briskly along the pedestrian way corridor to the spot where they would meet Amanda. This time Herman stood right below the front foot of the gigantic Sphinx statue. The

When talking, Amanda didn't lick her ice cream so a few of it melted and ran down to the ice cream cone. "Give your ice cream to me if you don't want to finish it. It'll be a waste, right?" Herman asked. "You still want some?" asked Amanda. Herman nodded. "Huh, so greedy," Amanda teased, cramming the remaining few of her ice cream, cone, and all into Herman's open mouth, ready to receive a scoop from his beloved girlfriend. Herman chewed the ice cream in his full mouth until it dripped out from his lips. Amanda offered a tissue and Herman readily took it and used it. And then, Amanda talked on. "Every year, the pilgrims from all over the world come to Atut Baton to stay for one month or so during the festival," said Amanda. "What's the gain from taking care of all these kinds of stuff? It's so complicated!" Herman retorted in disbelief and wiped both his hands. The ice cream Amanda gave him was all devoured in his mouth. Amanda frowned on hearing that kind of protest from Herman