Woosh!
The Time Gate swirled until Ves and Blinky finally returned to the System Space!
The mysterious construct that had enabled them to go all the way back to 197 AOM in the old galaxy slowly started to wind down and return to dormancy.
Even though Ves had returned to the time of his present, he still felt a lingering attachment to that earlier and more hopeful time period.
The mechs at the time were a bit simpler. The Red Ocean was just one of many dwarf galaxies that orbited the Milky Way at an unimaginable distance.
The Larkinsons in the Bright Republic struggled to grow their family in vain as the founding families deliberately prevented other groups from rising above their stations.
The Polymath wasn't even alive in this early time period!
Alas, Ves did not belong to this time period. If he truly had to make a choice, then he would definitely embrace his present time.
