Marsiana
CHAPTER 2
On the Moon was cold, but Max and Marsiana did not feel the cold as well as the absence of air. Max was defended by his suit, but Marsiana was defended, it seems, by her nature. Externally, she looked like a normal girl, but sometimes Max was beginning to doubt that she was his daughter, though he presented at the birth.
When Max solemnly set sarcophagus of Jennifer, Marsiana asked him to leave her alone with her mother. Max did not mind, and walked some distance away. He chose the beautiful place for Jennifer’s sarcophagus. Smooth as a table vally was bathed in the cold moon's light and the view of the Earth hanging over the horizon. Jennifer could admire the distant home but Marsiana, when she is on Earth, always can see the place where is her mother. Sometimes, Max was afraid of his daughter, who grew quickly and was too smart as for a child of her age. But at the same time he felt a great relief, that he is not alone, and that Marsiana imperceptibly filled the emptiness created after the loss of Jennifer. Otherwise, Max would have gone mad. He did not want to know why Marsiana so quickly started talking. He did not want to know why she is growing so fast. It was enough for him that she was his daughter and that he is no longer alone in this strange for human greatness and silence of outer space and celestial bodies. He has already loved his daughter, and he began to think sometimes that Marsiana always was with him. She reminded him Jennifer when she was a child, although he had never seen Jennifer when she was a child. But for some reason he was adamant that Jennifer was like the Marsiana as two drops of water. Max, of course, was wrong, but he would like to think so and it was nice to think so. Marsiana meanwhile conjured near the sarcophagus of Jennifer. She sat down next to it, put her head on a transparent coffin and gently stroked with the tiny hand the face of her mother. ‘Mommy Jenny,’ she whispered tenderly and lovingly. ‘Mommy Jenny you're the best in the world. I love you very much. I know now you asleep but the time will come and you'll wake up, and we will always be together with you.’ Max vaguely heard what she said. He felt himself overwhelmed with feelings, and his eyes again filled with the tears. Marsiana looked so tiny and defenseless against the backdrop of the great, silent space that he was ready to tear apart anyone who tried to hurt her. He was ready to do anything for her. ‘Mommy Jenny, Daddy Max wanted to leave you on Mars, but there you would not like it.’ Marsiana continued to whisper, lovingly stroking Jennifer’s face. ‘Here you will be better. When I fly to my grandmother, we can look at each other. I'll be smiling at you and waving my hand, but you,’ Marsiana faltered. ‘But you'll think of me. Well, Mommy Jenny?’ Marsiana kissed the coffin, rose to her feet and quickly returned to Max. ‘I’m ready to fly,’ she said firmly, and Max suddenly seemed that her words still hiding something else. As if Marsiana took some important for herself decision, but was not going to initiate him into all the details. ‘Good. Now we’ll fly,’ he sat down and peered closely at her face. The big yellow eyes with shimmering sparks deep inside stared at him. But then eyes of Marsiana started to get dark, and from yellow turned into blue. Blonde curls become almost black. Marsiana now looked like Jennifer. Max even for a moment was somehow not on itself. He cleared his throat, looked around scaredly, before him stood motionlessly Jennifer, but only a child. ‘You're very much like your mother,’ he said hoarsely, letting off hands of Marsiana. ‘I know,’ girl replied calmly. ‘My mother said that so you will be calm. Max felt that on his head began to move his hair, and appeared in his legs trembling. “Said?” he asked. Marsiana nodded. ‘Don't be afraid, Daddy Max. I'm the daughter of my mother. There is nothing surprising in the fact that I really look like her. Is it not enough on the Earth children who resemble their parents?’ ‘You're right. A lot of. I also like my mother,’ Max said, knowing that Marsiana meant something quite different. ‘That's good!’ she exclaimed with fun, ‘When we fly to the grandmothers?’ ‘Well, if you don’t mind just right now,’ Max said, looking first at the sarcophagus of Jennifer, and then at the sky of the Moon. The Earth still was hanging there, and it looked very inviting. Max could not believe that it would take half an hour or a little less, and he will once again be at home. Marsiana also looked at the Earth. She's never been there, and it was very interesting to see the place where soon she will have to settle down. ‘Where’re grandmothers? Show me,’ she suddenly said. Max's face reflected surprise. ‘They can not be seeing from here. They are far away.’ ‘I understand,’ Marsiana said disappointedly. ‘I just see a lot of different grandmothers, but I can not determine where are mines.’ she explained. ‘See?’ Max wondered. ‘More feel then see. We'll fly to your grandmother or to mother of Mommy Jenny?’ Marsiana asked. ‘We will see. It’s depends on a situation.’ Marsiana turned to Jennifer’s sarcophagus and waved with her hand. Good bye, Mommy Jenny. I love you. Very, very much!’ she sai cheerfully. Max was not sure, maybe it was just a hallucination or some local effect, but in a moment the shadows scattered around the sarcophagus, and there was a blue glow. Then it all disappeared. ‘I’m ready to fly, Daddy Max,’ Marsiana said, turning to Max. Max only nodded in response. Holding hands, they walked slowly toward the spaceship.
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