Hana Shiina, Who Loves Sex, Appears In The “manko Encyclopedia” Series.

The terra-forming module, which had its own resistance capsule, was crushed, and the seeds and embryos we were to put in the incubators were also scattered in the red dust between the rocks. But how would the creator of my little Eden react if he realized I was lying to him? I had oxygen for another five hours or so, but even if I’d had it for five days it would have been the same. But if you want to stay alive that’s the way it has to be, I said as seriously and as flatly as I could.”

Without fully understanding me, I saw her nod affirmatively. I approached in disbelief and dipped my finger into the stream: from the taste, it seemed to be linden honey so, although unlikely to catch cold in Heaven, just in case I did, I had a herbal remedy handy. I looked up and saw that it was filled with warm water covered in foam, and a heart-shaped sponge was on the edge of the tub, and I recognized it immediately: a sponge just like this one my grandmother had. We had known each other too long not to know when I was serious.