The rescue tug entered the Alma system, the final point of the route of their six-month duty. Ty's team had three months of vacation ahead of them. They had to return to base within three weeks, but they decided to rest for a couple of days on the planet. Besides, Saeed Toph promised to meet them here. Alma greeted them with warm weather, it was spring in this part of the planet, the air was filled with the aroma of flowering trees, occasionally disturbed by the wind bringing the smell of spices from a large market located near the port. After landing on the planet, the girls went shopping, and Tai and Tan went to a port bar. Saeed stayed at a port hotel, choosing a modest two-room suite overlooking the port square. From the window he could see the ships landing. When Said saw the rescue tug, he hurried to meet Tai and Tan. He intercepted them on the way to the bar and invited them to his room for a conversation.

“Have a seat, gentlemen!” Saeed suggested, pointing to the chairs at the table. “I’ve been waiting for you for four days now. Well, okay, I'll get straight to the point. Do you remember our conversation in Parsia? I hope Tan knows.”

Tan nodded affirmatively and sat down in the chair.

Saeed continued: “We recreated the object in the simulation from the scan. True, we were not able to thoroughly study this sample of Orgatox, since its self-healing algorithm seized control of the equipment when Orgatox realized that it was a simulation.”

“I told you back then that this was a bad idea!” Tai said nervously.

“Don't worry, we thought of everything, the equipment was destroyed.” Saeed reassured. “By the way, did you find that girl?”

Tai recounted in detail the story Yuki told him. After listening, Saeed thought: “It’s a pity that we couldn’t find out where this sample of orgatox came from. And I hoped that the girl knew something about this.”

“Even if we knew where this sample came from, we wouldn't find anything, fifty years later.”  Tai added.

Tan broke the pause in the conversation: “Tai didn’t tell everything, he forgot to mention that he hired Yuki.”

“For what!” – Saeed was surprised.

“Fell head over heels in love!” Tan answered, breaking into a smile. “Besides the fact that she’s a smuggler, she’s also a breathtaking beauty. He hides Yuki on the ship and doesn't show her to anyone!”

Tai pushed his brother on the shoulder to stop him talking nonsense.

“Okay, have fun and that's enough.” Saeed smiled. “That's what we found out. Firstly, the assumption of our biologist Rita Anda was completely confirmed. The mold you discovered was indeed the structure of an aimba and the story of that girl Yuki confirms the theory of the evolution of orgatox. For all of us there is two news, one bad and the other good. I'll start with the bad. Orgatox has found a way to use the cells of a dead person, although he continues to lack proteins to form his own body, but for the functioning of the nucleus it is enough for him. The good news is that thanks to the DNA anomaly, a living person has become a hostile environment for the Orgatox. If we manage to get the medicine from Grothar and finally get rid of the DNA anomaly, then nothing fundamentally will change for Orgatox. A living person is poison to him.”

“Nemurgs are poisonous to us too.” Tan interrupted.

“Most of the galaxy's population has been vaccinated, slowing down the DNA anomaly. This makes it possible to repair damaged DNA. True, there are some procedures that will need to be carried out before the injection in order to reduce the risk of death. So everything goes according to the oracle's prediction.” Saeed answered.

“Why did you mention the oracle?” Asked Tai.

“It wouldn't hurt you to meet him.” Saeed suggested.

“This is out of the question.” Tai objected.

Tang nodded, supporting his brother's words.

“There is something else you should know about. Thanks to a high-quality scan of the synthetic part of the aimb, we were able to restore fragments of its memory. This is a short-term trace from the moment when the aimb put you into a trance until the moment the scan print is recorded.” Saeed said.

“And what was there?” Tai asked incredulously.

“Aimb managed to look into fragments of your memories. He knows that you are a pilgrim and that you pose a threat to him since you come from Ilithia.”

“What difference does it make now, we destroyed it.” Interrupted Tan.

“They destroyed one, but there is another, in a short time, perhaps he managed to transfer his knowledge to another part of the aimb.” Saeed continued.

“How is this possible!” Tai was surprised.

“Aimb is neither alive nor dead, that's what it is. He can communicate between his parts in an instant, despite vast distances. He's on the border between life and death. Beyond life there are other laws, no time, no space. Stuck between worlds, the vile creation of an ancient civilization. Have you seen the coat of arms of Reman's followers, which depicts a cube standing on one of the peaks - this is the transition point between worlds. The cube is himself, it is his body and at the same time it is the prison of his mind. Aimba's essence is locked in a cube beyond life. As long as there is at least one cube fragment in our world, the aimb will exist here. If he recreates the cube in the world of the living, he will try to break out of his imprisonment. As soon as we destroy the remaining fragments, the aimb will forever be locked in its dungeon. There are two fragments of the cube left, we don’t know where they are, having recreated Orgatox in the simulation, we tried to find out where these parts are, since Orgatox is part of the aimb.” Saeed explained.

“What you are talking about is a myth, a horror story for pilgrims, we need proof, it doesn’t sound very convincing yet. Besides, you mentioned the mythical world of the dead. Who of the living was there and came back to talk about what was there? Moreover, it is impossible to describe what is not in time and space. Let's say what you said is true. Then why in fifty years has no one looked for a ship with orgatox, because this is part of the aimb. Another part of him had to know where he was. Followers of the Remanists had to look for this part.” Tai reasoned.

After the Dark Time era, the aimb realized that we were looking for fragments and therefore it stopped maintaining communication between its structures, only in case of danger one of the parts transfers its accumulated knowledge to the other part. If the part of the aimb you found managed to transfer information about its evolution to the other part, then serious problems await us. And he will look for you because you pose a threat to him.” Saeed explained and added “If you talked to the oracle, then I wouldn't have to explain anything.”