Twelve years had passed since his fight against the Peacemaker/Stone and many things had changed; Cora grew to a young lady then a woman falling in and out of love, Astro became a beloved hero to the people of Metro City, and the other children grew up to become respectable adults. Astro watched as the girl, no woman, he loved, or at least he supposed it was love, paced back and forth in front of a mirror but, Cora was now slipping throw Astro's fingers. Time had made a gap that could never be crossed despite the feeling they might have once shared, soon her heart would be sealed to another forever. Too many times he had wished himself human in vain, wished to age so HE could be with HER not another. He stole a glance at Cora in the ethereal-like white dress her fingers trembling over the silken fabric a small smile stealing over her face at his scrutiny. Astro noticed the way her currently long black hair caressed small bare shoulders when she turned and wondered how a heart could hurt so much when it did not exist.