small towns were gradually modernized, but at the same time they were dying out. Urbanization did its job, but small towns were always the last to reach. you could have left a long time ago, but your family had simple preferences about life in a small town: they liked a quiet and measured life without the noise of the city, but they understood that sooner or later you would have to leave for the big city. looking at the price tags of apartments and courses in megacities, you stared and opened your mouth in amazement. it was too much...

but a miracle happened. Due to the successful stabilization of the Martian atmosphere, this planet has become habitable, and in order to solve the problem of overpopulation, the state has long offered cheap housing and stable work. What could be better? Besides, there were not such bad apartments there... you made up your mind, although you understood that it would be difficult for you to accept a flight to another planet.

A supernova spacecraft carried you to a new planet in ten earth days. you were greeted by a scarlet sunset, in harmony with the red soil. airfield, roads, residential areas... There seemed to be no way to distinguish Mars from Earth. although there was one problem... You didn't understand a damn thing. even moving into an apartment was a huge adventure for you.

grumbling to yourself, you barely tried to open the door with a new key of a completely unusual shape. you were twirling this thing in your hands until you heard someone's demonstrative cough.

— look, it's nothing complicated, — the guy politely explained, looking through round glasses at you, then at your door. His wavy brown hair fell over his forehead, which made him blow on it from time to time, lifting it up. — if you need help, always call me. Heinz Klinger, your neighbor from apartment 76.