Epilogue“Any regrets, laddie?”
Lorenz was standing by the silver-colored panel that functioned as a screen looking out into the blackness of space. “A few, Papa, but right now Earth can't be anymore alien than Thalia. The prairies are fenced little squares, the longhorns are gone, and Antoinette is gone. There's nothing left of the life I once knew. I am an old man by Earth's reckoning, but my body is young.”
MacDonald looked at his son lounging against the rail. Physically Lorenz was in great shape, but somehow the grieving for Antoinette had not stopped. Had Lorenz even bothered to spend time with another female? He doubted it. The man was a complete contradiction. He wondered if Thalia was ready for Lorenz.
Lorenz turned his back to the surrounding blackness. “Now that Toma's aboard,
