Julie and Ionivka are both old and the same age; but Ionivka is very sick and looks older. Her fate is related to her career, to her missions and especially to her unique ability in detecting any design and construction flaw of any ionic propulsion engine prototype she had to test, before even testing them. Her brain and her body has been damaged by overusing that unique capability. Her master knew about it, but urgency was such that he had to sacrifice her and Marc. However, he hired Julie, her childhood friend at Yfer, for taking care of her. A question! What is the age (in years) of Ionivka and Julie as it is perceived by you? Observe that the one telling the story (look at the face inside the pink hexagon) is no more Ionivka; the story is narrated by Michette : the assistant of Ionivka at her work place. She is also older. Tools : Poser 5, paint.net, LibreOffice Virtual puppets: Posette