1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This is 2 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: the second of our series telling the story of Red 3 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: before she moved to Earth, became a student at a 4 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: new school, and eventually became part of the solving a 5 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: mystery club. Red cannot believe that her family is going 6 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: to Earth. That was the last thing she expected to hear. 7 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: Is there any way she can make them stay on Mars? 8 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: The transfer student Red must move to Earth. Red stood 9 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: in the middle of their home in a state of shock, 10 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: holding her breath. The only sound she could hear was 11 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: the deafening thump of her heart, which she was sure 12 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: would jump right outside her chest. She held her breath 13 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: for what felt like an eternity. A part of her 14 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: thought she might finally win the how long can you 15 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: hold your breath? Contest that she and the gang used 16 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: to have before they graduated to different pursuits. When she 17 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: heard her annoying brother say, hey, stinky head, your face 18 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,919 Speaker 1: is turning blue, she took a deep breath and looked 19 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: at the pad on her wrist. She had held her 20 00:01:53,800 --> 00:02:01,639 Speaker 1: breath longer than anyone. Too bad it didn't count. Isn't 21 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: this great news? Red's mother said excitedly. We are moving 22 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: to Earth, you will get to attend a new school, 23 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: make new friends, and best of all, breathe in non 24 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: manufactured air. No, it's terrible news, Red said bluntly, her 25 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: anger rising. Red had always had a tendency to get 26 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: angry quickly, hence her name. Usually this rise in emotions 27 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: served her well when she directed it toward her studies 28 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: or a goal she was trying to meet, but her 29 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: parents often complained it just as often made her grumpy 30 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 1: and disagreeable. This is the worst decision ever, Red continued. 31 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: Mars is my home, our home. Why would we ever 32 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: want to leave our home or some yucky blue and 33 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: green ball of color when we have perfection here. Please 34 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: don't get upset, Red, Mars is far from perfect, and 35 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: this represents a great opportunity for us. Red's father said, 36 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: trying to calm her down. We never thought, what with 37 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: your father's work with the exodus, that we would be 38 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: permitted to leave. Just think, Red, we can be together 39 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: as a family. We are together as a family. All 40 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: my friends are here. No matter what you say, Mars 41 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: is perfect, and whatever problems might exist, I will solve them. 42 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: You once said that all problems can be solved if 43 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: we work smart and hard enough, isn't that right, Red said, 44 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: looking at her father as she got increasingly upset. Yes, Red, 45 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: I said that, but some problems outlive us. I don't 46 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: want to leave, Red said, folding her arms. I don't 47 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: want to leave. Blah blah blah. Blue said, in the 48 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: tone he usually used to annoy Red. You are an 49 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: impossible little stinky head. Red said angrily to Blue. No, 50 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: you are, Blue said, sticking out his tongue. Blue, stop 51 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: being rude. You are not helping, Red's mother said, getting 52 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: angry at him. Red and her brother always fought. It 53 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: was as much a game as any real rivalry or 54 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: dislike for each other. In fact, they were almost inseparable, 55 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: but this time his teasing bothered her more than usual. 56 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: She knew that crying in front of people, especially her family, 57 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: was a part of the range of emotions that everyone shared. 58 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: Crying meant that she was of the human species, But 59 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: this time she wanted to keep her tears to herself, 60 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: so she turned around and started towards the door before 61 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: they started flowing from her eyes. Red, where are you going, 62 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: her father asked, Somewhere where I can enjoy my home 63 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: while I can The heavy door to their house opened 64 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: and closed with its usual soft and resonating hum As 65 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: she walked, the tears flowed. The tiny sparks of light 66 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: her shoes emitted seemed to lose color. The color on 67 00:05:54,360 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: the walls seemed lifeless. Mars was her home, the only 68 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: place she had ever known, and the only place she 69 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: ever wanted to know. The thought of leaving left her 70 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: feeling gloomy and sad. It just wasn't fair. Why why, 71 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: why why must we go? I thought we were on 72 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: the cusp of being able to reintroduce an atmosphere to 73 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: the surface of the planet, to be able to return 74 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: full time to the surface, to again see the vivid 75 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: colors of the Martian atmosphere. Like many kids, she dreamed 76 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: of joining one of the quadras that flew to the 77 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: stars and explored the regions beyond, but they always returned. 78 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: She never imagined anyone would leave, at least until the 79 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: exodus plan was slowly revealed. How could her father help 80 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: craft such a thing? People from Mars moving to Earth? 81 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: Who would ever want to leave the luscious gray of 82 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: the city, the lovely red hues of the Martian desert 83 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: for that stupid green and blue ball of yuckiness. As 84 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: she walked towards her secret place, the place only she 85 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: and her closest friends in the gang knew about. The city, 86 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: with its endless walkways and paths, already seemed like a 87 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: strange place, a place of past memories. The angular, brushed 88 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: steel structures loomed over her, like watchguards from the Aid, 89 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: making sure she didn't tell some secret that would result 90 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: in her getting into trouble. The brushed walls and shimmering 91 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: windows reflected the underground illumination systems, now cool sterile light 92 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: they glow, which had always felt futuristic and energetic, now 93 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: cast dark, gloomy shadows that seemed to reflect her mood. 94 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: As Red walked, the usually soothing hum of the city 95 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: sounded more like a jrge like hers. The spark emitting 96 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: shoes of pedestrians had lost their color and now were 97 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: reminiscent of fleeting moments, transient like the sparks they produced. 98 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: The colorful murals that once brought her joy now seemed 99 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: dim and unrecognizable. What would happened to all of Martian 100 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: history if we moved to Earth? She barely noticed the 101 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: market she was passing through The familiar aroma of Martian herbs, 102 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: which at one time always made her feel happy, now 103 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: contributed to her bad mood. What food on earth could 104 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: compare to the tastes and smells here. The merchant's musical chatters, 105 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: which she always loved, seemed more like laments. The shimmering 106 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: trinkets and glowing fabrics blurred passed her vision. As her 107 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: tears continued to flow. Each step felt increasingly heavy, like 108 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: she was carrying the weight of her entire world on 109 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: her shoulders. She kept trying to think of ways to 110 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: convince her mother and father not to leave Mars. It 111 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: felt like an impossible problem, like the continuing hypothesis she 112 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: was introduced to at a young age. Red used to 113 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: believe her father when he said she could solve all 114 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: of mars problems, But now she doubted that what he 115 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: said was true. How is it that I can't figure 116 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: out a way for us to stay? She knew deep 117 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: in her heart that this was a problem, one decision 118 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: that could not be solved or undone. Skirting past the 119 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: outer corridors, past the entrance to the outer rings, the 120 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: murmur of the city started fading, replaced by a subdued silence, 121 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: broken only by the distant whisper of the Martian winds, 122 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: not real winds, but the closest facimile that the machines 123 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: could generate. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, she 124 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: finally arrived at the entrance to her secret place, the 125 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: Gang Sanctuary, a narrow, unassuming corridor leading to an all 126 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: cove overlooking a subterranean garden, a rarity on Mars. This garden, 127 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: cultivated with great care, held a variety of native Martian 128 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: flora that emitted a soft luminescence. They no longer existed 129 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: outside this space, which made it all the more special. 130 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: She sat down, her vision blurry with tears. The scent 131 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: of the garden slowly began to soothe her. It was 132 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: here that she felt most connected to Mars. Red took 133 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: a deep breath. She and the Gang thought the air 134 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: here was special, closer to what the Martian atmosphere must 135 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: have once been. They would come here to rest whenever 136 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: they had a particularly grueling set of exams to study, 137 00:11:54,160 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: for it always succeeded in helping them pass with flying colors. 138 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: As she inhaled the familiar sense, Red started to relax 139 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: and feeling exhausted, laid down and fell asleep. She didn't 140 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: know how, but she always knew when he was close by. 141 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: She looked at her wristpad and saw that she had 142 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: been asleep longer than she should have. Naps interfered with 143 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: her sleep. How did you find me? Red said to 144 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 1: her father, sitting nearby, looking at the garden below. Do 145 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: you think you are the only one who needs a 146 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: secret place to think and relax? Her father said, I 147 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: used to come here all the time when I was 148 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: your age. Later, I introduced this place to your mother, 149 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: and we used to come here to talk back when 150 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: her parents wouldn't let us be alone. Her father took 151 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: a lot long time to accept me. Maybe he had 152 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: a premonition that you would form the exodus and force 153 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: all the people of Mars to leave for a stinky 154 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: planet called Earth. Red said her father's side. I don't 155 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: want to leave. This is my home and all I know, 156 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: all my friends are here. Can't we continue working on Mars' problems? 157 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: Why give up? Red asked? We aren't giving up bread. 158 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: We are simply acknowledging that our people's future is not 159 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: necessarily tied to one place, and this kind of change 160 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,719 Speaker 1: is more positive than you think. Remember the quote on 161 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: one of the murals near our house from the Sands 162 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: of Transformation Mars teaches us that the greatest galaxies of 163 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: opportunity arise. I always thought it was poorly written. Red said. 164 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: The point is that change can bring new and exciting opportunities. 165 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: But Red, you don't understand. We have been working on 166 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: fixing the problems, problems that were created by our ancestors 167 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: for hundreds of years. We now have the ability to 168 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: create a new Mars atmosphere to bring life back to 169 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: the surface. That's great, father, Red said excitedly. So why 170 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: would we ever want to leave? This process will take 171 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: thousands of years, and in the interim there is the 172 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: risk that we as a people will not only not 173 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: thrive here, but that the process of transformation would put 174 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: us at great risk. This is why I have helped 175 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: with the exodus to ensure that we can have future 176 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: in which you Blew and all your friends can thrive. 177 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: The great cities below the surface can no longer provide that. 178 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: But why am I just hearing this now? Why is 179 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: it such a secret? Well, that's the doing of the AID. 180 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: I don't agree with all their decisions, but it's their decision, 181 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: and I trust they, like us, want the best for 182 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: all of us. I think they look creepy, they can 183 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: be a little serious looking. I think they looked at 184 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: some old Earth movies and adopted the movies funny style 185 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: of dress. No one had the heart to tell them 186 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: when they started dressing like that, and well it just stuck. 187 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: Now it's their uniform of choice. So all of Mars 188 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: will leave for Earth Earth, not all, but quite a few. 189 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: Some will travel elsewhere, and some will stay here, managing 190 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: the process and the transformation of the planet. I wish 191 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: I could see Mars as it once was, and not 192 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: just as it is depicted on pads or in the 193 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: lab as do I read as do I If this 194 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: place is any indication, it must have been even more 195 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: beautiful than it is today. I love the desert, but 196 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: to see the flora here, all the vastness of the 197 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: planet would be an incredible sight. One day it will return. 198 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: Why don't you come back with me? Your mother is 199 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: making an earth delicacy, which I am sure you will love. 200 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: Red's father said, standing up and getting ready to leave. 201 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: I doubt I will love anything that comes from earth. Ever, 202 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: Red said with a frown, you might be surprised. I 203 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: try to bite, and it tasted really nice. Getting up 204 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: to leave with her father, she asked, what is this 205 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: earth delicacy she is making called? I think she called 206 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: it waffles and syrup with hot chocolate. Ugh, sounds yucky. 207 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: And that is the end of this part. Good night, 208 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: sleep tight.