The war-torn planet is perishing in a black swamp. Complete, rapid and inevitable degeneration awaits its unfortunate inhabitants. And their last hope, their only chance for salvation is outside help. But what about the main principle of autonomous observers, which implies complete non-interference in the course of someone else’s history? What should a person do, for whom a foreign world has become home? Remain an indifferent alien, following the instructions to the letter? Or don’t give a damn about all the rules and regulations, neglect the interests of a distant Earth for the sake of what is truly dear to him?