On the one hand, having a reputation for people who are able to extricate themselves from the most hopeless situations is very good. The crew of the space truck "Plowman" felt this when, instead of a rather large fine for violating the borders of Lirullian territory, they received the task of delivering the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of this planet to Earth. But on the other hand, if troubles begin, then... In a word, the gravitational storm, the breakdown of the sigma correlator and the long jump in hyperspace turned out to be only the first “flowers”. And “Plowman” would have harvested the “berries” in full, if not for a miracle. Ordinary, dressed in an old spacesuit and with an oilcloth notebook under his arm, capable of passing through walls, parsecs and years. Named Lenya Zhitinev. The meeting with whom “Plowman” began a new suffering...