As they say, authors have their own quirks. In general, out of the blue, I suddenly wanted a space opera. Normal, kind, with noble villains and vile good characters, as expected. So we decided to write a small sequel to “The Runaways.” The serial number is unknown, that’s why the ICS is large. Well, there is a direct connection with the worlds of Hort and EVE. Only without neural networks. They are replaced by hypnopedia and chipping.