Having a brilliant and powerful leader was incredibly important. It saved them from making countless mistakes.
They felt blessed beyond measure to have joined Caeluna Base, as if they'd spent lifetimes earning such good fortune.
Many of those who had taken their own lives at Caeluna Base some time ago had relatives still living there.
At first, these relatives had harbored some resentment toward Stella Sterling. Although they still respected her, they couldn't shake the thought that their loved ones had died over something that wasn't even a certainty. They kept telling themselves not to blame Sterling, but the feeling would sometimes creep back in.
But after witnessing the recent chaos outside, that last bit of resentment had vanished without a trace.
Only now did they realize that Sterling had truly been saving them.
If Sterling hadn't taken those measures, who would have been the first victims when their relatives inevitably mutated?
