The evolutionary descendants of the Banks and of the inhabitants of Venus had departed the solar system a billion years ago. Arguing their case is Shǐ Guì Sūn Yán, ambassador of the Homo aquatilis to the Steward’s Tower, and Xiang Hu Li Yáng, the Homo aquatilis prime minister. Are there any other participants?”“One of our witnesses has not yet arrived, Chief Justice,” Sūn Yán said. “We are witnessing for the first time the senescence processes of our own solar system, a system that has yielded intergalactically impactful life. ” Other Works Derek Künsken https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/derek-kunsken/ Time Reveals the Heart by Derek KünskenDerek Künsken https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/derek-kunsken/ The Ghosts of Ganymede by Derek Künsken