It occurred so easy to find areas of similar interest, and things in common in spite of the fact that a man and a woman belong to such different worlds and races. They were talking all night long. Tartara listed the arguments pro keeping her abilities in secret and contra advertising the Christmas magic back. Humans are not bad but they are human. Some people need protection from themselves because they generate “stinking” thoughts. Such a creature as Tartara may be deemed by them either as an angel, or as a demon, which is both not correct from any point of view. Valerian agreed on her principal ideas, developed an action plan and set the computer on the route back to Earth. The estimated time of flight will let them achieve the mother planet at the end of October. They still will have enough weeks, days and hours for giving away a spaceship, renting a plot in one of the distant Arctic islands, placing the house as far as possible from scientific bases and marine routes and materializing children’s wishes and their own production needs before the scheduled delivery of merry presents begins. And each family wherein kids still believe in Santa Clause, Weihnachtsmann, Saint-Nicolas, Babbo Natale, Joulupukki and Father Frost will be pleasantly rewarded for their love and patience that are remaining the most important features in the overpopulated postindustrial world.
Since then every year Valerian makes a crazy round-the-world tour by fabulous Father Christmas sledge of the latest design to fulfill the delivery of children’s presents that have been created by his mysterious wife according to the infants’ wishes. They even have their own daughter that inherited the incredible abilities of her alien mother. But this will be quite a different story. Be careful with your thoughts and don’t forget to make a wish when the time comes! (2019)