"You really think that cutting your hair and putting on heavy makeup will make you look beautiful? You're like a monkey in the zoo."

Guess who said this?

No, it's not me.. It's Luven.

I had thought that my going to Mars would be more predictable than Lowen's saying these harsh words.

But that did not prevent her from making me very happy.

Let's go back in time just an hour.

After my parents had given me an important lesson in manners, I went out of the house to see a Louven parked in front of my house waiting for me.

"How was the punishment?" he asked jokingly.

"Like hell,...