I turned to look back. A pinpoint beam darted out of the house. I tumbled forward crying out and fell into the surf. On the other side of the galaxy, as green with grass as Thetus is blue with the sea. We step outside the craft.
Orange light makes the eyes turn away, blazing.
He spreads his hand to the horizon and I see waves of tall grass racing up a sloping field. We are in a valley. I follow him. After a while, he stops and turns to me. Behind him I see an oddly shaped building.