Aftermath of: Beyond the Aquila Rift Facing the truth brings up options, choices, and the chance to live a life never imagined on a world never dreamt of. It bears with it challenges never before met, and the possibility of a whole new world of options. For better... or for worse. For Thom, for 'Greta' and for countless other worlds. [This has been a commissioned work]

The alien had put Thom back into the simulation, back into the lie. But lies sometimes contain truths, truths so deeply loved that lies will be clung to in order to keep a truth from being lost with it. What secret does Thom hold back from the alien, what does the alien hold back from him, and in holding back, what do they each offer up on their own?

Just a short story on how Decker is handling his moonlight being gone.