Raymond stared at the little sapling for a long time. Longer to make the sapling grow half an inch. He wasn't staring absent-mindedly. He was deciding something. And he had made up his mind. He was going back on Earth.
There was a slow, steady wind blowing through the planet. A rough, dusty road that lead to nowhere in particular was the only thing that gave this otherwise deserted land, a recognition. There wasn't any sound, except for the low howling of the wind. And then there was a loud impact. Like that of a hard metal ball colliding with earth. The reverberating echo of the piece of metal would ring in anyone's head for a long time. And the dust rose some 20 feet high in the air. After about ten minutes the dust settled. And a huge metal sphere gleamed in the scorching sun. They landed.
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