The Smuggler with a Red Diploma

“This day was supposed to be the happiest day in my life. Today came true what we’d dreamed of as a whole family. What I’d longed for! What seemed impossible and unattainable! What I aimed for even when I was little. The dream has come true! At last, I got what seemed so phantasmal and so unlikely. This long-awaited day, hour, moment has arrived.

Today—everything became real. I received a diploma from the Mars Engineering Academy of the Space Administration, in common speech—MIAKU—specializing in ‘Bioengineering of a life-support system.’ In addition, I was handed a certificate of completing paramedic courses, which made me an even more valuable specialist in my own understanding. I was thrilled! I was in seventh heaven with happiness. I wanted to scream and dance. To jump and kiss everyone.

It was a triumph! A victory! Only one small thing remained—assignment…”