"Ever since the beginning of intergalactic time a small planet in the distant Andromeda fogs has had an honourable tradition." "To be accepted into the commune of star hunters young astronauts must prove their bravery on an exploration flight in the infinity of the universe." "Many, many light-years ago you left your home planet to discover foreign galaxies and unknown solar systems." "Never before has a star hunter from your galaxy ventured this far from home." "CHILDREN OF THE MOON" "Your co-pilot M-Bit is a robot of the 17th generation." "Only a starship of this type can navigate through the last solar ring's sharp crystals." "A completely unknown world awaits you behind it." "A blue planet shines in the distance." "You have never seen anything similar to it." "Yet those who come to close are risking their lives." "He has been in the sun." " Only very briefly." "We had to go to an examination so he can start school." "The doctor isn't open at night." "He has a new melanoma." "I'll talk to your mother about it." "I know everything anyhow." "We'll have to operate again." "I've been tired lately too." "You look healthy enough." "I brought something for you." "Thanks." "It can't hurt." " All right, I have to go." "Excellent." "It's Lisa's turn." "I'm not going up there." "Come on now;" "don't make a fuss." "But I don't want to get hurt." " Come over to me." "Don't be so dramatic, Lisa." "Or do you want to fail." "How motivating." "End of the discussion, stop acting like a baby." "I'll help you." "Nobody is going to help me if I break my neck." "Can I have some?" " Sure." "You're not actually going to drink from that bottle are you?" "Go on, put it down or you'll get AIDS." "You know, it's disgusting at her house." "They never open the windows." "I really don't want to know what it smells like there." "It's completely dark." "They totally live in a vault." "I don't know how she can stand it." "Oh well." "Let's go." "Who'll bring the drinks." "Okay, Annabel and Nina." "And the posters?" "Who doesn't have an assignment yet?" "Maybe someone new should volunteer." "Lisa, how about you?" "Hiding's not going to help." "I don't have time." "I have to take care of my seaweed." "I think you should get more involved." " I am involved." "I breed seaweed and test how much UV-light they need to survive." "My seaweed can produce oxygen anywhere." "It's the basis of all life." " That's not what I mean." "I have to take care of my brother." "How is he?" " Great." "I've been up there." "It's all dark." "When the sun comes out, he dies." "Like a vampire." "Why are telling her such nonsense?" "Paul's not going to die." "I was just..." "Paul is my friend." "Then why don't you come upstairs?" "I'm sure he'd be glad to see you." "But Sarah Clara is here." "Remember, you're an astronaut from another planet." "You were on an exploration flight, but your ship had an accident." "I was contacted by our government and told that a foreign ship entered our atmosphere." "My mission is to find and warn you and your co-pilot of the dangerous rays of our planet." "You're in great danger now." "You are an alien species that can't exist under the sun's harsh rays so you have to return to your planet as soon as possible." "To make things worse the emergency landing heavily damaged your ship." "Luckily, your ship has a small and flexible space glider." "With this glider you can travel through space to find the missing pieces you need to fix your ship." "We are now taking course on the reparation planet Mekanika." "On their interplanetary scrap yards you can find anything from ionic V3 missiles to hydrogen spark plugs." "But the planet is far away and bounty hunters galactic fighters, and meteor hails make it a perilous trip." "I don't want to watch this every night." "The force is with me." "The dark side is stronger than you." "Please change the program." "I can't." " Why not?" "The TV is broken." "We have to watch the video." "Oh." "How do you know it's broken?" "A spaceship crossed the reception." "You're such a mean dictator." "I'm sick." "Hello." "Lisa wake up." "Sweetheart, go to bed, alright." "Come on." "Hold on." "Last time you didn't have your homework and today you're late." "What's wrong with you?" " I'm sorry." "Sorry isn't going to help you forever." "Well, it was the best party ever." "Everybody was there, even some 11th graders." "Paul, stop it!" "Are you crazy?" "Everyone else is outside." "You can go out too, once the sun is gone." "I'm bored." " Then we can do something in here." "I'm always inside." "Paul, you know that you're sick." " No, no, no." "Paul." " No!" "Paul, you can go out when the sun's gone." "Hey, we could play soccer." "Or go on the seesaw." "Hamburger or cheeseburger?" "Home." "When all the gas leaves a very compact star there is a huge explosion." "It's like a compressor, because the gravity pushes on the centre." "And that's how a black hole is created." "There's a black hole at the centre of every galaxy." "We assume that these black holes are connections between universes." "People think that they're big, but in reality they're really small." "If you were to compare it to an atom it's like a piece of rice in comparison to a football field." "And if you travel through them you'd come out in amazing galaxies." "I really liked your presentation." "That's what everyone said." "Hold on." "After high school, I'm doing training at the ESA." "It's amazing." "You really have to be in shape." "Forte test you have to solve difficult math problems while being weightless." "You have to be an athlete and a scientist at the same time." "I want to be an astronaut." "I think you look like Luke Skywalker." "I mean, because of the hair." "He's blonde, too." "Oh." "I was just saying." "Didn't you want to ask something?" "I need your astronomy books." " What do you need to find out?" "Do you believe there's aliens?" "I can't believe how complicated this is." "The government says the insurance has to pay and the insurance says the government does." "Paul!" "No, he's riding around." "And the school is asking where the foil is supposed to come from." "Paul, stop it already." "No." "Hold on!" "Lisa!" "Where were you?" " Breeding seaweed for school." "Can you take care of Paul?" "He's annoying me today." "Hold your breath." "I'll show you a trick." "When astronauts eat the food keeps flying from their mouths." "Cause there's no gravity." "You have to practice that." "All right, now drink!" "Space is an infinite and mysterious secret." "Only the best astronauts can prove themselves." "They have to be scientists and athletes altogether." "Look!" "Something moved on the meteor." "The stranded meteor researcher looks like Luke Skywalker." "The giant meteor almost destroyed earth but the researcher diverted it from its course by an unselfish risk." "Now we have to drop him off so he can tell the president about his mission." "Stars only exist for short while." "Even stars get older and die one day." "Until then millions of years go by..." " Quiet down!" "...even billions of years." "As long as there's enough fuel..." "Paul, you're not alone in here." "Go somewhere else." "...inside the star it will always be..." "Paul, come on!" "Stop!" "Paul!" "Mom!" " That's enough." "Paul!" "Paul!" "Get into bed." "I'm waking you up early." "We're going on a field trip with the bus." "I'm taking the five tomorrow." "Where's the damn breakdown service?" "The sun's coming up." "Paul!" "Quickly!" "Get in." "Please, just drive." "My child can't get in the sun." "What are you doing?" " I'm coming to school." "Forget it." " All the other kids are going to school." "You're starting school in the fall." "You're even getting a special taxi." "Can I play with other kids then?" " Of course." "That's what school's for." "Hey." "What colour do you think she's wearing underneath?" "I'm guessing blue, a blue thong." " Yeah right." "It's red." "Red?" "She had red on yesterday." " You think?" "What about you, Simon?" " Definitely black." "I'm an expert." "Not black, never." " Red." "Let's bet." " Ok." "For my drink." " All right." "I'm right anyhow." "Sure." " You are one lucky guy." "I can't believe it." "What about on top?" " Black." "Here." "For you." " Thanks." "Why can't I have your phone number?" " Forget it." "Well, then you won't get mine either." " I don't want it anyhow." "Can't help it then." "Why do you want to call me?" "I'm here." "That's the Saturn 5." "The Americans flew to the moon with it." "For my brother." "He wants to be an astronaut, too." "Are you crazy?" "What's this all about?" "You're so selfish!" "Say something." "Do you want to get cancer, too?" "Am I supposed to take care of the entire family?" "What's wrong?" "I can't do it anymore." "What?" "I talked to the school." "Nobody can take Paul." "There's too many problems." "They can't protect the rooms from UV-rays." "And nobody can pay for the foil." "And?" "He has to be home schooled for now." "What?" "But I thought he's going..." "Me too." "He was so excited." "Can't you talk to him?" "I can't do it." "I can't." "Paul?" "Paul, please come out." "Paul!" "What are you doing?" "Open up!" "Paul!" "Paul, what's going on?" "Come out!" "Paul?" "Think about it!" "A teacher just for you." "Only princes have that." "Paul, we can play a game." "We'll play..." "Hey Paul, look who I brought." " Hello." "Paul, Ina's here." "Come out here." "You could play video games." "No." "Paul, don't be stupid." "Ina came up special." "No!" "I'll get you guys some ice cream." "Thanks." "It doesn't work." "Lisa, she broke my Gameboy." "She has to get me a new one." "It doesn't matter, Ina." "Just come back tomorrow." "Ok." "You're ridiculous." "It was already broken." " So?" "I might have gotten a new one." "Hey, come on up." "Hi." " Hi." "I'm here for the books." " Sure, in a moment." "Tell us, do you want something?" "No?" "Then go back home." "Hey, nobody wants you here." "Wow, that was cool." "What's wrong?" "Thanks for making me feel like an idiot." "What about the books?" "Hey, I'm going to the observatory tonight." "Do you want to come?" "That's the lyre." "It's Orpheus' instrument." "He was a singer or guitar player or something." "When his wife died he gave a concert for the dead to get her back." "That's how much he loved her." "But, he made a mistake and she had to stay with the dead." "To remember the story Zeus threw the lyre in the sky." "Sad story." " A love story." "I got to go." "Why?" " Because of my brother." "We play together." "You play together?" " Yeah." "You know what the others say?" " What do they say?" "Well, that you live in a dark cave and that you hide your brother so nobody sees him, because he looks like a terrible monster." "And that you're infected too, because you're always around him and..." "They're all idiots." "Do you have math tomorrow, too?" "I really got to go." "Hey, can we go?" " I really shouldn't." "There, signal red." "Does it help?" "If you go, I get a new Gameboy." "We don't have that much money." "It's enough to go dancing." " Stop blackmailing me." "More water, please." "More water, it's so hot!" "Hello, I'm Jan Baumann." "I'm hungry." "I'd like one caprioso pizza, one salami pizza one tonno pizza, one Quattro Formagio..." "Where were we?" " Leukemia." "Nosebleeds, effusions of blood, pallor, dizziness fatigue, inefficiency." "Don't have it." "Multiple sclerosis." "Impaired vision, numbness of the skin muscle weakness, disturbed nervous system." "And AIDS?" "These are regular moles." "You don't have to be worried." "Call Pizza." "Good day." "Did you order pizza?" "Again?" "That's it." "I have other things to do besides ordering pizza." "Well, I have a order on your name here:" "Mr. Baumann." "I didn't order pizza." "I have to work." "Are you out of your mind?" "Do you want to kill yourself?" "Get inside." "Come here." "You know you're not allowed outside." " You're two hours late." "I was waiting." "Now it's my fault you're making trouble." "Ouch, I'll do it myself." "Here, your tablets." " I hate the tablets." "Be happy you have them." "They're miracle tablets." "Yeah right." "Really." "They protect you when you need help on other planets." "Which planets?" "Mechanika is light-years away, and on the way you have to pass the Horse Head Fog." "Huge gravity forces seem to be working around it." "Many travellers have ventured too close and vanished forever." "Welcome stranger, you are invited to take part in our tournament!" "You saved my life." "We did it!" "Not yet." "I'm done for today." " Please don't stop." "What are you doing?" " I'm going swimming." "What's that all about?" " Swimming is healthy." "Sport is good for the country." " You can't go out now." "I'm just going to go." "What do you think Dr. Maurer would say?" " I don't care." "And what do they say?" "Him?" "And him?" "I'm not asking them." "Paul, I really can't let you out." "Fine, leave." "I don't care." "Then I'll have my own room and peace and quiet." "It's raining today anyhow;" "nobody's going swimming." "When I get back we can play or something." "Do you know where Simon is?" " No, sorry." "He's at the swimming pool." " Oh." "No, no." "He's at the Mellowpark." "Hold on." "I saw him with a blonde." "Two plus one is three." "Minus one is two." "Hello." "Paul?" "Paul?" "It's raining here!" "I've got the force" "Come here right now." "Paul, you're getting in trouble anyhow!" "I know that you're here." "Damn it." "You lied." "Are you crazy?" "You're out of your mind." "You said it was raining and that all the kids are staying home." "And then some Simon guy called and said that everyone's going out." "But Simon's not anyone." "He just wanted the homework." "I'm not talking to you anymore." "Now come here and fix this." "I don't give a damn how you do it." "Paul!" "Can't I depend on you at all?" "Then why don't you do it on your own." "Let's hear it." "You're such a jerk!" " What going on?" "I told not to call my house." "Calm down!" "I just wanted to tell you that we're all here." "You're so egoistic." "You don't care if I'm in trouble." "Give it a break." " Man, my brother flipped." "Weird, he was nice on the phone." " You're such a jerk!" "Well, then it's your problem if you end up alone." "I'm sorry." "I'm really sorry." "Lisa, I know that I ask too much from you." "It's all right." "What's with Paul?" " He's in there." "That Simon is an idiot." "He just wanted me to explain math to him." "I'm never leaving again." "I have something for you." "Your spaceship." "It's a real Saturn 5." "The rocket." "We can go look at it sometime." "Tomorrow." " Ok." "Do you want to come to the observatory tonight?" "Why?" "Well, there's a stream of meteors." "Falling stars." "They only come once a year." "At the observatory at ten?" "Cool." "You wanted to borrow a book." "Forget it." "You're healthy, as always." "I still have to ask you something." "There's chemical reactions in the body, aren't there." "With hormones and enzymes and stuff." "Never mind." "Shining eyes, no appetite?" "Butterflies in your stomach?" "Then there's a definite diagnosis:" "You're in love." "I thought so." "Why are you so sad?" "Is it about Paul?" "No..." "Well yeah." "I have a problem." "Is it bad if I'm happy while Paul is sick?" "Do you want to know my honest opinion as a doctor?" "Up there, the world is tiny and unimportant." "And all the crap down here is a million light years away." "See the small star up to the right, next to the big dipper?" "Where?" "I discovered it." "I'm giving it to you." "You're crazy." "You can't give me a star." "Can too." "You can only see it in the summer." "I'm calling it July's Star." "I'm cold." "Thanks." "When is it going to start?" "Sometimes it takes millions of years until a star like that gets to earth." "I can't wait that long." "I have to be home in an hour." "I have never seen anything so beautiful." "Make a wish." "Ok." "You have to close your eyes." "Don't tell." "Ok." "Why aren't you asleep?" "Do you want to play spaceship?" "Put it down, it belongs to Dr. Maurer." "Paul, I'm sorry, but it was a really important meeting." "Because of the biology project." "We could go to the ship some other time." "What are you doing?" "These things are for Mom, those are for Dr. Maurer." "I can't give you any, cause you're unreliable." "That's for Dr. Maurer." "But it's your favourite." "And what if Dr. Maurer doesn't even like M-Bit?" "Why are you giving him away at all?" "Because when I'm dead he has go somewhere." "But you're not dying." "Why do you think that?" "What happens when you die?" "Well, when you die then you're not actually dead." "You just fly back to your home planet." "You get in your spaceship and take off." "It's easy." "And when you get home you can do everything." "Ride your bicycle, go swimming, it'll be great." "And I'll come soon." "But as long as I'm still here, I'll watch the stars every night." "And I'll know you're fine." "And when you think of me then just throw me a falling star." "Lisa?" "Yeah?" "You can have M-Bit." "Dr. Maurer's getting the laser pistol." "Mom, that's just water." " Oh God." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Paul has to go to the hospital tomorrow." "I'll get you when the sun's gone down." "You're a great help to me, Lisa." "Wow, great seaweed." "Hey, you want to come to the club tomorrow for the concert?" "I can't." "What's wrong now?" "I thought we were together." "I can't." "Have I done something?" " No." "But?" " It's because of my brother." "What is it with your damn brother?" "Are you in love or something?" "You're such a jerk!" "Here, for you." "Your star." "I brought something for you." "A picture of your home planet." "50 degrees, 23 minutes, 34 seconds." "Blue." "My star." "Do you ever get scared?" "What do you mean?" "At night in the dark?" "No, just because." "Of course I get scared." "Often." "But then I just make a fist." "Like this." "And then I concentrate and the fear goes away." "I'm scared too." "You don't have to be, I'm with you." "200 million light-years away from the earth." "Near the galaxy Vinea there is a strange world in which gas stars wrap themselves in dark fog." "The space glider is nearing the unknown galaxy." "What lies behind the impenetrable fog?" "It looks like a dump for broken down spaceships, stranded rockets and deserted space stations." "The planet seems abandoned and lifeless." "But in space, nothing is what it seems." "I just wanted to say hello." "You can leave your bike here." "Your gear's broken." "It'll cost you ten bucks." "Hello Lisa, what do you want to play?" "We'll play that we're on my planet, ok?" " Ok." "And nobody is disturbing us." " Nobody's disturbing us?" "I'm first." "Paul?" "Who was that?" "I don't know." "You're lying." "Tell me what's going on." "That Simon guy called." "He said he's going some place." "What?" "And why didn't you give him to me?" "I've already told him that he should leave us alone." "Are you crazy?" "And I told him you never want to see him again." "Are you out of your mind?" "How can you tell him that?" "That's horrible." "It's none of your business and you're talking crap." "Who do you think you are?" "You're not a brave astronaut." "You're a little annoying brat that terrorizes everyone." "But you know what, I'm done." "It's enough." "I thought you couldn't come." "Yeah, it's cause of my brother." "He's really sick, you know and has to go to the hospital and that's why I couldn't come." "Oh yeah, that is so sad, really." "Shut your stupid mouth." "I really am sorry." "Are we back together now?" "Lisa!" "Where's Paul?" " At home." "No!" "You can't leave him alone like that." "He's looking for his rocket." " What is he doing?" "What is he doing?" " He's at the museum." "Paul?" "Paul." "Paul, I'm sorry." "I didn't want to say all of that." "You're lying." "The rocket can't fly." "Look, it's obvious." "The fuel." "They can't leave 2000 tons of kerosene like that." "So you're Paul the astronaut." "That's much too dangerous." "They tank the rocket shortly before take off." "And the people from Mekanika look strange." "They're all green and have lots of arms." "They can use lots of tools." "It looks hilarious." "Oh, Paul." "And they're known in the entire universe for their repairing skills." "They can make any ship fly again." "Can I take this?" " Yeah." "Paul needs rest." "I was at Dr. Maurer's today." "The cancer's spreading." "Paul has a tumour." "But he has a great will." "He'll make it." "Remember?" "When he was three and still couldn't walk." "He scooted around on his butt." "Really fast." "I couldn't move the things fast enough that he tried to grab." "It'll be all right." "Let's just stay here, ok?" "Your planet looks a lot like earth only that it's much smaller." "But it still has oceans and seas and rivers." "And you can play all day." "And ride your bike and swim." "When will you come?" "Well, actually, I'll be a little while." "But you won't have to wait very long." "Because your planet spins fast and time goes by much faster than on earth." "But I don't know where my planet is." "Come up here." "See the cloud to the left of Casseiopeia, the W-shape?" "The Andromeda fog is your galaxy." "That's where your planet is." "It's very far away." "You have to take the short cut through the black hole." "How?" "You have to fly through the centre of our galaxy." "It sounds crazy, but it works." "A black hole is like a tunnel to other galaxies." "It's a dark and dangerous, but you can do it." "There you are." "You've lost it." "Paul needs rest." "I have to tell Dr. Maurer." "Get into bed." "In space and in a spaceship there's no definite force." "It isn't easy to leave the earth." "You need an incredible speed in order to get away." "Earth's gravity is very strong." "Only rockets reach the necessary speed..." "Does it hurt when rockets leave earth?" "Why?" "With the pressure, I mean?" "I don't know." "It's exactly like a take off only in reverse, ok?" "Are you ready?" " Yes." "Ten, nine eight, seven, six..." "What were you thinking?" "You know his operation is near." "I really am disappointed, Lisa." "I thought you were more responsible." "You know how sick your brother is." " Yes, I know." "And that's why we're getting him home all right." "As long as I'm his doctor, he's not leaving the hospital." "Hello." " Hello." "My mom bought this for Paul." "Keep it." "Paul doesn't need one anymore." "We're still missing a part (the driving module)." "Paul?" "You don't know what it looks like." "Shouldn't we check for Paul?" "I've got it!" "I'm not going back to my room tonight." "My rocket leaves at sunrise." "Paul, don't forget to give us the sign when you find your planet." "Take your meteor and throw it towards earth." "And you'll see a falling star." "I wonder what Paul's doing." " I don't know." "But..." " I don't know anything." "You know what the worst thing is?" "I can't even cry." "Everyone else is crying all day long and I just sit there." "All the sadness is stuck." "Like a huge bubble." "Right here." "Paul wants us to look out for him."