Late autumn, mountains and lost children of a new civilization. Michael, a hermit who has been living in the mountains for several hundred years, comes to their aid. And in return he receives gratitude. The one that people are capable of. From the author: The story was written specifically for the short SF story competition "Puffin Cafe autumn 2023": The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.