I took a deep breath, gathered my strength and lifted my head a little. I lifted my head again and tried to look at Pauline who was staring blank-eyed at the starry sky. It blinked for a few minutes, then disappeared. And what should we call this entity?”
For a moment it seemed to me that the rivers stopped their flow, the bird of paradise folded its wings and fell silent, then the whisper came again, this time clearly and seemingly a little timid:
“You may call me God.”
*
The days began to pass one after the other, then so did the years without being bothered by God or whoever he was. Because all women were required to be sterilized before boarding the ship Hope, there was no chance of giving birth to a Cain and Abel and thus re-enacting the biblical legend to the end. I lifted my head again and tried to look at Pauline who was staring blank-eyed at the starry sky. From place to place, multicolored flowers broke the green monotony of the grass and a few trees appeared out of nowhere.
