Distant Horizons. Unnecessary Questions Not Needed

Betrayal… It hurts terribly. It burns the soul. When the soul is burned out, only ashes remain. And don’t believe those who say that ash is good fertilizer. Supposedly, new crops will grow better on land fertilized with ash. Nonsense! On fertile land… yes. On scorched land… Nothing, never, will grow. That’s what young man Arkady understood—first he was used, and then the people he trusted betrayed him. They betrayed him again. What can possibly grow in a man’s scorched soul—when all that’s left is a shell? Only the Universe knows the answer…