The soldiers removed the damaged capsule.
It took several men to move it away from the site.
Aurora was inside.
Exactly as before.
Floating.
Still.
Without a scratch.
Without injuries.
Without any visible changes.
The capsule was damaged in several places.
The engine had burned out.
Part of the structure was deformed.
Aurora had nothing.
No marks.
No cuts.
No bruises.
It was as if nothing had happened.
The soldiers cleared the area.
Collected the damaged equipment.
Removed the pieces of metal.
Dismantled part of the structures.
But Aurora remained there.
Just as they had found her.
Still.
Floating.
Watching the people around her.
Later, at a small clinic, her mother sat across from two investigators.
A recording captured the conversation.
— Did Aurora have any health problems?
— No.
— Any illnesses?
— No.
— Was she undergoing any treatment?
— No.
— Did she take any medication?
— No.
— Did she attend school normally?
— Yes.
— Did she have difficulties at school?
Her mother hesitated.
— She was a good student.
— Did she have friends?
— A few.
— Any psychological problems?
— No.
The investigator consulted his notes.
— When did all this begin?
Her mother took a deep breath.
— After school.
— What happened?
— She was on her way home.
— Alone?
— Yes.
— Why?
— It was the route she took every day.
— Through the forest?
— Yes.
— And then?
Her mother lowered her eyes.
— Some boys started chasing her.
— Who?
— Boys from school.
— Had they done this before?
— Many times.
— Why?
Her mother remained silent for a few seconds.
— Because she's an albino.
The investigator did not respond immediately.
— Did they do this often?
— Yes.
— What did they do?
— They laughed at her. Cornered her. Threw things at her.
— Was she afraid of them?
— Yes.
— Was she running away from them that night?
— Yes.
— And that's when it happened?
— Yes.
The investigator closed the folder.
— So, before all this...
He searched for the right words.
— Aurora was a normal girl?
Her mother looked at him.
— Yes.
— No special condition of any kind?
— No.
— Nothing unusual apart from her albinism?
— No.
Silence.
Her mother began to cry quietly.
— She just wanted to get home.
The investigator looked at the recording of the forest.
Aurora running.
The boys chasing her.
The flash of light.
Then...
The girl floating.
He turned back to her mother.
— So no one knows what happened?
She shook her head.
— No.
— And Aurora hasn't told you anything?
Her mother took a deep breath.
— She hasn't spoken since that night.
The investigator closed the folder.
At that moment, perhaps this was the only thing anyone could be certain of.
Aurora had not been an unknown creature before that night.
She was not an experiment.
She was not an entity.
She was not a saint.
She was not a threat.
She was a teenager.
An albino girl who went to school, walked home through the forest, and was bullied by other teenagers.
And then something happened.
And ever since, she had never touched the ground again.
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