"'The brain is a very big place in a very small space...' by Carl Sagan." Mr. Famous read the text file that was found from the search protocols. Moments later, Kalinka walked into the lab.
"I am back." Kalinka spoke. "Were there any results?"
"Just one." Lan turned around and answered. "It's just a text file that has a quote by Carl Sagan."
"What was the quote?" Kalinka asked.

Lan answered and read the quote to her. Kalinka thought deeply for a few minutes. She scowled for a moment but quickly resumed her calm demeanor.

"Something wrong?" Lan asked.
"No. It's nothing." Kalinka said. "I believe we should stop for the night and rest. We can resume tomorrow."
"Well, it is getting late..." Lan commented. "I guess we could continue on this tomorrow."
"Hmm..." Chaud remarked.
"I shall be heading out for the night." Kalinka said as she started to pack her things and leave.
"Wait, if you need a place to stay you're welcome to stay at our place." Yuichiro offered.
"Thank you, but I will be fine. I will find a hotel to room tonight. It's been... a tiresome day." Kalinka's voice trailed off as she walked away. However, no one heard the string of curses that Kalinka's lips uttered as she walked out the doors...

"Well, if that's the case I'll be first in heading out. My back's been hurting a bit." Mr. Famous spoke. "I hate the fact that I'm getting old."
"Haha, you're not the only one who's getting old." Yuichiro said.
"Heh. Well, I'll see you guys later in the morning. G'night!" Famous said as he took his things and walked out the doors.
"Bye, Mr. Famous!" Lan yelled. He could barely hear Famous replying with the usual remark: "It's just Famous!"

Lan chuckled. He turned to Protoman and Searchman in a different computer monitor. He typed a few protocols to make a final check on their stats.
"From what I'm getting, both of you guys are fine now. So, you're free to go back to your Net Ops." Lan confirmed. Chaud came over to Lan's side and stared at Protoman in quiet relief.
"Thanks." Chaud said as he laid his PET onto the computer dock so Protoman could transfer into the PET.
"No prob." Lan answered. "And Searchman, I'll set up a secure portal so you can transfer back to Raika in Sharo."
"Wait." Chaud interrupted. "I need to ask some questions. Searchman, what did you mean when you said that Naomi and Ms. Cossak may not be related? How did you even know about this?"
"I told Raika about this, but I don't think I told you." Searchman answered. "Remember when Megaman, Protoman and I went deep into the Undernet to find Naomi's fragmented memories? We found the gate that led to what was essentially Naomi's digitized mind. And we found Naomi in there. She was the soul that was anchored in the mind world. I wouldn't be surprised if she was still there right now."

"Wait..." Chaud and Lan said simultaneously. They looked at each other in surprise.
"The brain is a very big place..." Chaud uttered.
"...in a very small space..." Lan finished.

"Of course..." Yuichiro commented as he heard the two talking. "The human brain is definitely a complex organ. It would take terabytes of memory to be able to digitize the brain – let alone the mind... Yet, with technology, it's possible to compress all that massive data within a small area – like how Naomi's digitized mind is nestled in the Undernet..."

"So, then Dr. Mikhail Cossak must have wrote Carl Sagan's quote as a reference to Naomi's mind." Lan concluded. "But, what does Naomi's mind have to do with Project Trichotomy...?"
"Project Trichotomy..." Yuichiro said thoughtfully. "I need to look more into this. I have a feeling this Project Trichotomy has got something to do with Naomi."

Yuichiro also had a hunch that Kalinka might have quickly found out about the meaning behind Carl Sagan's quote.

"We've got a lot of work on our hands," Chaud warned. "NeoForte is still out loose in the Net, and if we want to retrieve Naomi's mind area we'll need to do that fast. Last time I checked, the Undernet is close to shutting down permanently. The Colonel units have been chipping off the entire network for a while."
"We're gonna have to do that first thing in the morning." Lan calculated.
"Hold on. We also need to find a way to deal with NeoForte. Chances are, he may go after Naomi, too."
"Rats... So, what should we do?" Lan asked.
"I have a plan, but it will be risky... Searchman, I may also need you and Raika's help as well." Chaud said as he explained the details.

When Chaud, Lan, and Yuichiro finished discussing the plans, they began to wrap things up in the lab. Lan sent off Searchman safely back to Raika in Sharo. Everyone then left SciLabs and went to their homes.

"Burst... Blast... Blast it... BLAST IT ALL!" Kalinka screamed as she threw the wine bottle at the wall. The bottle smashed into pieces and the wine exploded all over to the wall and the floor. Kalinka huffed in fury as she stumbled over to the bathroom and stared at herself in the mirror.

Her face was blushing a rosy pink from drinking too much wine. Looking at the mirror, she saw three of her faces spinning around like a pinwheel.

"Father... Whut on earth... are you... try... to make me do...?" Kalinka asked as she continued glaring at the mirror like it would answer her question.

"Trichotomy... the body... the mind... the soul... Trichotomy... the body... the mind... the soul..." Kalinka repeated almost into a chant.

"...Are you suggesting me... to raise that... conniving... little witch... Naomi... to life... is gonna... be alive... her mind world... her crazy... little mind world... is that... what Trichotomy is? Is that what it is? Where were you? Father, where on this pitiful earth were you? Hah?"

Kalinka barely heard someone next door yell at her to shut up, but she didn't care. Kalinka staggered to the bedroom and fell onto the bed.

"I'm... not gonna do it... I won't... No... I won't... Nope... Forget it... Just die... Father... Naomi... mean nothing to me... meaningless... fools... " Kalinka kept muttering as she fell asleep...