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mainly by countries,
which will use this method without total understanding, there will be a greater
destruction of the ozone layer. Consequently, a greater amount of solar
radiation will enter the planet and will drastically modify the climatic
conditions. This will make it hard on the planet survival and a search for
another planet to become a base will start. It will become necessary the use of
domes with filtered oxygen and protection against solar and cosmic radiation. With
this, the work of heating the air through the nostrils, to better absorb the oxygen,
will be extinct, determining the nasal atrophy and reducing the nose into two
small holes in the middle of the face.”
    Nicolas tried to imagine how this human being from the future would
be, but it wasn’t easy. And Zara still had things to say:
    “The binocular vision of the humans also suffered some adaptations.
When the man finally began to live in space, his vision had to be adapted to
this new lifestyle, improving perception of depth to see well and to see the
most distant objects. This made the eyeballs becomes more distant and bigger.
    Human fingers also have atrophied due to the modification of the
labor methods because with the automation of the productions there was no need
for manual work. Across the generations, the function of the fingers was lost
and the hand was left with only three fingers, without fingernails.
    With the use of telepathy to communicate, the ears degenerated and reduced
the size for the entrance of sounds.”
    The boy imagined himself with the mentioned features and feared that
what he had just heard was true. Maybe if he told it to his college friends, he
would be called crazy. Nobody would believe, even if it were the truth. He
looked at the aliens and couldn’t see such changes. ‘Are they using some
kind of costume?’ thought the boy. It was difficult to accept everything
that took place in several millenniums in just a few hours.
    While Zara and Nicolas talked about the evolution of the human
being, Sivoc and the others decided to leave the exosphere and hide the ship at
sea. They were trying to deceive Merko and find the best moment to return to
the planet Life. They needed to leave the ionosphere with safety and this was
the best alternative. Listening to the conversation between the two, Sivoc
decided to interfere, summarizing the matter:
    “When you get to our planet,” said the commander, “you’ll see how we
value the environment. We recycle everything that’s possible and take care of
our race, animals and vegetables. Besides, we don’t make war with other
species. The military force exists to protect the planet against possible alien
threats, meteors or problems involving the planet, like epidemics or environmental
disasters. Are you ready to see the appearance of the human being of our time?”
    Nicolas just nodded, agreeing. Telepathically, the captain asked
everyone to put some kind of sunglasses in their eyes. Then, he ordered that
they assumed their real appearances. That was when the young boy really
understood everything. They were using a different appearance not to scare him,
since their original form was really impressive, so different than what he was
used, just the way Zara explained with so many details.
    Minutes after watching them, the boy looked at Zara and a tear fell
from his eyes. He thought: “Like had ever happened in my life, when I think
I will have a serious relationship, everything ends. Zara and I have nothing in
common; I just now see how different we are.”
    She noticed Nick’s disappointment when she saw his sad semblance and
told everyone telepathically to become human again. She felt something new for
the human, an emotion she had never experienced before. After returning to the
form of the beautiful woman for whom Nicolas had fallen in love, she saw him
smile with the same innocence of young man she met in college. Somehow, seeing
her as a human being, similar to him, gave him