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When asked about her fondest childhood memories, Nova's mind always rests and finds solace in the nostalgia of plush maroon carpet threads between her toes and the heat of the fireplace stinging her rosy cheeks. She would recall being huddled in between her two older siblings as her grandfather turned the pages of an old thread-bound novel, telling bone-chilling tales of elusive woodland creatures and mythical underwater cities. Yes, If Nova had a chance to travel back in time to reexperience it all, she would do it in a heartbeat. Growing up in a house addicted to the thrill of mystery and the unknown, spending nights combing the woods for unique tracks and scrapings; yes, in a heartbeat she would do everything all over again for the thrill of it all.

She finds the reactions she gets from her answer to be entertaining at best; her less acquainted coworkers are shocked she would be so into consipracy theories despite her well-esteemed title, while her peers only shake their heads in exasperation. Both reactions are enough to satisfy the girl until the pull of the unknown whisks her back to her desk, where she will rove over supposed UFO images and blurry images of possible foreign life forms. Yes, Nova, since childhood, has been a conspirator, enjoying the rush of adrenaline she gets every time she reads or hears of something so otherworldly it seems unbelievable. Her peers say her family is to blame- Nova places no blame anywhere. After all, she has the best job ever- being the head of the Grento Astrology Research Center after years of graduate studies allows her to not only help further Etharia's understanding of space but also satiate her lust for the weird and unexplained.