About the book: year / We bring to the attention of readers an excerpt from the story by the famous Soviet science fiction writer V. Mikhailov. This excerpt is not included in the future publication of the story in the Ural Pathfinder magazine for “moral” reasons. However, for the author, the proposed chapter is quite important. The fact is that the relationship between Dan (the main character) and Eve develops in the story in “two dimensions”: along official and personal lines, reaching “ultimate” values ​​in both of these directions. The proposed excerpt precisely shows the culminating moment in the development of their personal relationships. For ease of perception, parts of the text preceding and following the given chapter are given. The editors of the fanzine “LEF Laboratory” express sincere gratitude to Vladimir Dmitrievich Mikhailov for the opportunity to introduce fans to the story in its entirety volume and expresses the hope that in the future our popular science fiction writer will not leave his attention to the club movement of science fiction lovers in the country.