As scheduled, the loyal robots completed their captain's revival process aboard the vessel. The ancient traveler awoke, and as was his tradition, walked to the vessel's bridge to survey the wonders of the universe.
He watched the forming gaseous spheres orbit their parent, yet adolescent suns. He watched the dawning of complete solar systems. He watched supernovae obliterate ancient planets and their harnessed moons. He watched the utter chaos of mighty black holes, and he watched as life sprang from chemical compounds.
On this particular revival, he discovered a new, yet ancient planet. It was older than even the ancient traveler himself. He named them, the planet and it's seventeen moons, and watched for decades. He slept, and revived several times, and the traveler's vessel remained before Sentinilla, and it's moons, for many millions of years. He watched life spring on two of the moons.
When the ancient traveler decided to move on, he documented the following:
"Although the massive gaseous planet Sentinilla IV itself cannot support life, two of its seventeen moons can. Fratello Maggiore and Sorella Piccola are unique in that they are the closest to Sentinilla IV, and the most toxic, yet life has sprung on both.
This is a scene from the dense methane surface of Sorella Piccola. You can see her elder brother, Fratello Maggiore close by, and the gargantuan gas planet Sentinilla IV in the distance," The traveler said to himself.
"When I find my people, I will share what I have learned."
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