When everybody found a bed to sleep in, they all thought about the day they have had.

Vieli and Veronica prepared a table to eat on while Eto was looking at how professor Hawk was cooking.

He replaced his forearm from his robotic arm and put a part on it which had multiple tiny grapple hooks and a spatula in the middle.

'My best work,' he said with a grin to Eto who got more amazed with every little thing the professor did.

The tiny grapple hooks all worked to prepare different vegetables and spices while the professor was overlooking the pans with his normal arm.

His whole cooking progress was like a show and when Veronica and Vieli were done dining the table, they joined Eto together with Odillia to the show that the professor was giving while cooking.

When he was done they had so many different things to eat.

Steamed vegetables, roasted meat and duck, potatoes in three different ways prepared and a little desert that stayed cold on the ice outside.

Professor Hawk was besides a genius with machines, also a great cook who prepared a full dinner from his reservings.

Eto ate like he never ate before, with every bite thinking that he doesn't have to eat those awful food bars.

'Sorry, this is not the best. Normally I would try to make a real dish but I had to work with the food I had left.'

'Are you kidding me?' Veronica said, baffled while quickly taking a bite. 'This is,' but Eto interrupted her with his mouth full 'the best!'

The professor smiled and thanked them. It had been a few months since he had eaten with people. Normally he would make something and eat it while he kept working.

After dinner everybody felt tired and the night had already come so everybody searched for a place to sleep that TYO-02 had prepared.

The front door was repaired to keep the cold out and the professor took this opportunity to place cameras outside.

That night everybody slept deeply and Eto could be heard through the night, snoring.

Veronica however couldn't sleep and was gazing at the ceiling, thinking about how her life had changed so quickly with no idea how it would go on.

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She noticed the professor leaving his bed and quietly going to his workplace downstairs and when she knew she couldn't fall asleep, she got out and went to him.

'Can't sleep?' the professor asked while soldering something. He had his goggles on again and he kept looking at his tools. He noticed how Veronica came into the room.

'It's hard. We are going up in a fight of which we don't know how it will turn out. I saw my planet getting attacked and I got involved with Generation Zero and now I'm on the run with no idea how my lifes gonna be.'

While saying those words, she suddenly realized how hard her life would be from now on. A reality that hit her hard.

The professor stopped his work and looked at Veronica. He put his goggles off and offered her the chair next to him.

'Listen sweetheart, I can tell you from experience that life sometimes can make sudden changes. Sometimes bad but most of the time it is meant to be this way.'

Veronica walked to the chair and sat next to him, rubbing her arm, feeling a little cold.

'It's just, I'm afraid my parents are in trouble. We left them while the planet was under attack.'

Professor Hawk put one of his tools away.

'Vieli told me that the soldiers of the worlds made their way to Borner. It is something he picked up with his transmitter. I’m surprised that an old man like him was able to make something like that.’

He looked at Veronica but he saw in her eyes she was still worried.

‘It is safe to say that the planet is under protection now. Generation Zero must be long gone.'

'Looking for us,' she said, a little scared and slowly the professor nodded.

'That is indeed the case,' he said and the conversation ended. From atop of the staircase they could hear Eto snoring.

'He is a special one, isn't he?' the professor asked and Veronica looked surprised.

'What do you mean?' she asked him.

'I mean, you have helped him and now you are traveling with him to get him back home,' he said and Veronica gave a smile.

'You were also the first one to believe he could fight Ased. That is something that must come from trust,' the professor said and they could hear Eto snoring again. It made Veronica laugh.

'I don't know. There is indeed something about him that makes me jump in to help him. Even though he sometimes irritates me,' Veronica said with a laugh. The professor laughed too.

'That must be a good change in your life, like I said.'

Veronica now understood what he meant and it made her feel better.

She looked to his right arm, the robotic one who was still working with a tool.

'How did that happen?' she asked and she nodded to the arm.

Professor Hawk looked at his arm which stopped and turned a little bit. Then the corner of his mouth revealed a little smile.

'We all make sacrifices, for friends that we trust,' he said without looking at Veronica. His robotic fingers moved a little bit.

Their conversation came to an end as the professor started to continue his word. When Veronica made her way back to her bed, she could feel her eyes getting heavy. The moment she layed down, she fell into a deep sleep, ignoring the loud snoring of Eto.