Eto was standing, shocked by hearing the story from Hawk who still looked at him with tears in his eyes.

‘I’m sorry Eto. I wanted to tell you everything but your grandpa told me not to. I’m sorry I was working for someone like Khalcazar. I’m sorry!’

Eto didn’t respond. He was processing the story but at the same time, he felt like his head was gonna burst.

Hawk slowly tried to walk to Eto, telling him he should have known better when he was young. That he never should have worked for Khalcazar but he didn’t know.

Eto grabbed his head and just like had happened in the ship, flashes of memories came to but this time they all seemed sorted, like his memories were complete. The only downside was the headache that followed.

‘Noooo!’ Eto screamed and Veronica ran towards him.

‘Don’t touch me!’ he yelled at her and Veronica stopped, shocked by Eto’s response.

The pain, the memories and the sight of his home. It all was too much for Eto to handle.

He wanted it to go away. He wanted to disappear.

And just like that, he ran away. Leaving the group behind in the storm.

Eto kept running and running. He ran as far as he could until his feet tripped over a rock and he fell down in the dirt.

He crawled back up on his knees and hands and he started to scream and cry.

He wanted to scream for his grandpa but he just figured out that it was just an old man taking care of him. Still, he missed him.

‘Grandpa,’ he said as the tears fell from his eyes.

‘Yes?’ a voice said in the distance.

Eto looked up and something was standing in front of him in the storm.

It slowly approached him and as it got closer, Eto recognised the man he had called grandpa.

‘Grandpa?’ Eto asked with wonder and the man appearing in front of him nodded.

‘Eto,’ the old man said as he bent his knee to be next to Eto.

Eto stared at him, looking surprised to see him.

‘You must have a lot of questions,’ the man said as he stood up and waved his arm to Eto, saying he should follow him.

Further away, Eto was walking beside the man that looked like his grandpa.

A small man with long gray hair and a beard. He wore a cap and was dressed in small training gear with a cape.

‘What do you want to know?’ his grandpa asked, feeling Eto was staring at him.

Eto had so many questions, even though it was all clear to him thanks to the returning memories. Still he wanted to ask.

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‘You are not my real grandpa?’ he asked and the man stopped and gave a smile.

‘Biological, no. But we trained a lot together and I have grown quite fond of you Eto. I see you as my family. Just as I have seen Hawk as a part of my family in those times we have known each other.’

Eto looked back through the storm and thought about Hawk who had opened up to him. It seemed like grandpa, Tlaw, knew what Eto was thinking.

‘Don’t be hard on him. He only did what I asked him to.’

Eto looked at him, surprised.

‘Why would I be hard on him?’ he asked and his grandpa looked at him with a questionable face.

‘You are not mad at him?’ he asked and now Eto was looking questionable.

‘No. Of course not. Why would I be?’

Tlaw slowly nodded.

‘Don’t misunderstand Eto. Hawk is feeling guilty. I know because I have talked to him while training you. He was working for professor Khalcazar who by now is known to be working for the darkness. Deep in his heart he knew it was wrong what he was doing but it was an opportunity for him and he took it. Looking back now, Hawk must be feeling regret and pain for not taking action sooner. He is afraid that the rest will hate him for it.’

Tlaw stopped walking and also turned around to watch through the storm.

‘A young man wanted to find something in science, using all the tools he could get. He is searching for something, just like you are, my boy.’

Eto looked through the storm in the direction they had come from.

He could not be angry at Hawk. He was his friend then and he is his friend now.

He turned to his grandpa with a smile.

‘Don’t worry. I will let him know,’ Eto said and his grandpa smiled and nodded.

They stayed quiet for a long time as Eto tried to think of all his memories. After that he asked.

‘The center of the galaxy. Why do I need to go there?’ he asked.

Grandpa Tlaw let out a sigh before answering Eto’s question.

‘It’s the last world. It’s where the journey of the universe ends but also where it started. You are the key to unlocking that world.’

Eto was surprised by hearing this. He never thought he had such a grand role to play and he looked worried. His grandpa continued.

‘The last world is now covered in darkness, waiting and trying to open it. The only one to stop the darkness is the one that can open the last world. That is you,’ he said.

Eto stopped walking and looked at his grandpa.

‘Why? Why am I the only one who can open the last world? What is there?’ he asked but his grandpa didn’t seem to know.

‘Power. That is the only thing everyone in the galaxy can think of. There must be something there, hidden, that should not be in the hands of anyone.’

Tlaw seemed to think about it, thinking of the help he had had.

‘All I know is that a man, the same man who helped you guys, had let me see why you are important and tasked me with training you with your powers. I’m sorry I am not able to do it anymore.’

‘What?’ Eto asked and slowly tried to put his hand on his grandpa's shoulders but it went right through him. His grandpa was not really there. Eto could feel his tears coming back, realizing this was not really his grandpa standing here.

‘Don’t worry Eto. I will always be with you. In the Nexus’ Tlaw said.

‘The nexus?’ Eto asked and his grandpa nodded.

‘When it’s time, you’ll know what it is. And then you will find me to complete your training.’

Eto didn’t want to but he had to understand.

‘You can do this Eto. I have faith in you,’ his grandpa said, also with a smile and some tears appearing.

‘With the right friends, you can travel to the center of the universe and destroy the darkness. Eto, don’t ever think you can’t do something. If it’s in your heart, it is ready to be done. And you can do this.’

Eto felt like the tears wouldn’t stop but he smiled. He smiled because he knew he was not gonna let his grandpa down.

Tlaw slowly moved his hand over the scarf Eto was wearing, but he didn’t touch it.

‘I see you're still wearing it,’ he said with a smile. Eto looked at his scarf and remembered something.

‘How come some of my memories were not gone? I could remember you and this planet,’ he said and Tlaw smiled.

‘Some things are too important to be forgotten,’ Tlaw said and even though he could not feel him, his grandpa hugged him.

‘And now it is time to make new memories, with new friends,’ Tlaw said and behind them, Eto could hear the voices of his friends calling for him.