“Neirali!” The brunette stopped in a spacious corridor, turning around at the sound of a familiar voice. Her lush, slightly curly hair shimmered in the sun. Short strands tumbled out of a waist-length braid and framed her slightly swarthy face with careless elegance.
“Ah, hello Jed.” Her eyes, radiant with friendly calmness, did not express any surprise. “I had a feeling that you would work with us.”
“Yes! Now we are colleagues,” the young man pulled back the upper part of his light-colored suit, demonstrating the logo of the S&PHC center embroidered on the breast pocket.
“I congratulate you. It's actually a great space for creativity and self-expression. Let's go.” They went further down the corridor with panoramic windows, connecting the two buildings together. The entire surface of the walls that wasn’t taken up by the ultra-strong glass was planted with a green living carpet with an automated care system. Energy from solar panels triggered mechanisms for converting air into water and automatically supported the life of trillions of plants that provided a wonderful microclimate in the center of spiritual and physical health of the city of Illion. “I'll show you the cafeteria if you want.”
Neirali tapped her wrist gadget a few times, alerting the staff that she was taking a break, and sat down with Jed in comfortable orthopedic gray chairs with a panoramic view of the small bay.
“You only have a few free hours a day in your flexible schedule right now while you adapt, right?”
“Um, yes.” Jed tapped the touchpad on the slide-out table and began to browse the menu. “How much have you got?”
“Depends on how I feel. Usually about five hours. At this time, this is an optimal proportion of workload and rest,” Neirali calmly pulled off her sandals, sat down cross-legged and also began to study the menu. “What kind of specialist are you, now?
“Physical health diagnostician. In short, I recognize the beginning of psychosomatics and pass it on.”
“The very first step. Yeah, I remember that was your favorite part of uni.” She selected a mango pudding with chia seeds and freshly squeezed orange juice and touched the order button with a satisfied look.
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The beginning of light
Science FictionEight-year-old Mila is left on her own to face the end of the world, as people on Earth have been referring to it for the last six months. But the man helping Mila and her mother calls it the beginning of light. This is a story about a planet enteri...
