[He pauses for a moment, gathering his thoughts.] When we left on the Diplo, we managed to find my father again. He gave us directions to a research center on Luna where he used to work, telling us we'd find the answers we needed there.... about Maria and I. [...And Sophia, but that would come later.]

[His lips thin. He's leaving out details, and he probably should feel guilty for it but.... that didn't affect Nel. He didn't want to talk about his father, didn't want to bring that up again.] On the way there, things started to get complicated. Strange beings had started to attack space stations, ships and planets. When we arrived, Moonbase was overrun with them. They were more powerful than anything we'd ever seen.