The ship was still flying through space while everybody sat inside, waiting for Hawk to finish dinner.

'Here we go,' he said while serving the meal on the big table in the backroom. Veronica and Eto were both sitting and waiting eagerly for the food.

'A real Capgelu dish, especially for you guys,' he said and he put the food on the table.

Veronica looked and tried to figure out if she could recognize some food but she hadn't seen most of them. This didn't stop Eto from eating directly without using cutlery.

TYO was sitting at the opposite end of the room on top of a large crate, studying his new 'friends'.

Hawk looked at him and smiled. 'Guess a robot doesn't eat, does it?'

TYO was shocked by Hawk talking to him and quickly waved his little arms.

'No, no. I am 100% anti food based. I need updates and sometimes a change of part.'

Eto looked up to the TYO. 'Twhat dosnd mean you ckant sith wit us,' he mumbled with his mouth full. As usual, Veronica sighed but somehow, now she quite enjoyed it.

She felt a lot for these moments where their biggest concerns were only to eat enough. She guessed it wouldn't take long before that would change.

'How long before we reach Etoile?' she asked Hawk who came to sit next to them.

'I believe it is not longer than a day for us. The solar system where Etoile is based was not far from the one we were in.'

He also started to eat but Veronica kept looking at him.

'Have you been to Etoile before?' she asked and Hawk decided to lay down his food to answer.

'Not this Etoile' he said with a little grin. Veronica didn' t understand what he meant and he guessed it by the expression on her face.

'Etoile is not as much of a planet. Rather a giant city. It was created by the Old council of the worlds to create a center for every cluster. It was a chance to give a lot of people homes.'

Veronica listened to him and also Eto started to listen, while he kept eating ofcourse.

'But what do you mean by 'not this Etoile'?' he asked and again Hawk showed his grin.

‘Like I said. It was created by the Old council of the worlds. Etoile was a plan to unite citizens of many clusters. Before the first Etoile ever came to be, thousands of Etoile cities were already built, prepared to be launched at different clusters. From that point on, they began to be the capitals for every space cluster. Except the deeper galaxy parts of course.'

'Deeper galaxy parts?' Eto asked

'Thousands of Etoile cities?' Veronica asked after that.

Hawk looked at them, surprised. 'Man, you guys seem to know nothing of the galaxy, do you?'

Veronica seemed upset. She learned as much as she could from the travelers but their planet was but a simple one. Not one to learn about the outside world.

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'Well, as far as I know, I have only been at Green point with my grandpa. Most of my memories are from that planet, except for the last moments. My grandpa always tried to teach me things but I never heard about Etoile or the deeper parts of the galaxy.' Eto starred in front of him, lost in the thoughts he just spoke of.

When Eto said those things, it also piqued the interest of Veronica about those deeper parts.

'Yeah, what about the deeper parts? Why didn't the council send Etoile cities there?'

Hawk started to laugh louder. He didn't know if he had to feel sorry for them.

'Excuse me. I forget that some people don't have the opportunity to know about and travel the galaxy. The deeper parts of the galaxy are not in control of the council. It's a dangerous place filled with inhabited planets and villains and criminals ruling the place. They say the deeper you go to the center of the galaxy, the darker the darkness gets.'

The moment he said those words, Eto looked scared. Something triggered in his head and he could feel a massive headache appearing. He grabbed his head and started to scream.

'Eto, what is it?' Veronica asked while she jumped back from Eto who kept screaming.

Something came into Eto's mind. He saw flashes of the galaxy and a dark cloud moving through it, swallowing planet after planet.

After that he saw his grandpa, laying on the floor while Eto held his hand. 'Eto, get to the center of the galaxy. You must. It's the galaxy' only hope!'

More parts of memories returned but they all went by so fast that Eto couldn't think clearly. Instead, his headache became worse.

'Eto, stop it!' Veronica yelled, who already covered her ears. Hawk jumped in front of him, knocking the table and the food on the floor.

'Eto, listen to me. Try to stay calm. Nothing can happen,' he tried to tell him but Eto couldn't listen to him. He kept screaming and holding his head.

Hawk grabbed Eto’s shoulders and started to shake him, in hopes he would get back at them but it didn’t seem to work.

TYO jumped over Hawk and injected a needle in Eto's arm. After that the screaming stopped and it didn't take long for Eto to pass out on the floor.

'Eto, Eto. Are you well?' a voice asked and slowly he opened his eyes.

Eto started to get used to waking up in a bed after passing out but this time he didn't look at the ceiling. Hawk, Veronica and TYO were all hanging over him and watching how he woke up.

'Told you. I was 86% sure my sleep aid would work,' TYO said with pride.

'Eto, what happened?' Veronica asked, concerned.

Slowly he got up, trying to think about what happened.

'My memories. They have returned. Well, some of them' he said and he tried to remember.

The darkness that he saw was a little unclear but the one thing that was clear was the memory of him holding his grandpa's hand.

'Eto, get to the center of the galaxy. You must. It's the galaxy's only hope.'

He explained his memory to the rest and Hawk stood up, holding his hand on his chin while thinking. He immediately turned towards the cockpit.

'I think it's best if we get you to Green point as fast as we can. We need to find your grandpa and ask what he means with the only hope for the galaxy.'

Eto nodded, even though he was more confused than before. A part of his memory came back but it was still a mystery.

The headache was mostly gone but he could still feel something in his head.

He tried to think but after that he only could remember a giant blow and the crash on Borner.

Veronica looked at him, seeing that he was trying to piece together his memory. She was concerned about him and like before she had a feeling she needed to help him.

Veronica supported Eto to get up and helped him to the couch. The table still layed on the floor with all the food but even Eto didn’t seem to care for it.

All he wanted to do was take a good rest and let his thoughts get at ease.

`We have to get to Etoile. That way we can go to Green point faster,' Veronica said.

'Well, we are in luck,' Hawk answered and he watched a monitor on the wall.

'The computer detects Etoile within a few hour's reach,' he said.

He looked at Eto who still was busy trying to think. It raised some concern with Hawk.

'I just hope we are on time,' he mumbled without the rest hearing him.