“A day on the planet Venus is longer than a year on Venus,” she said. How is that possible! I looked it up to confirm: and she was right. Rotating around its own axis takes equivalent of 243 Earth days, whereas rotation around the Sun takes 225 Earth days.

I am dumbfounded. I had said goodbye to you insulting your general knowledge. I was in the wrong. In very wrong indeed. My mind was accustomed to counting year as sum of the days. It is the easiest way for Earth days and years. Venus immediately brings us to the exception as well as fundamental definition of day and year.

Next question can be: why do some planets move faster around their axis. Ah: why do they move at all. I need to read some Astronomy books.

“Good heavens, I can’t begin to tell you what a lovely thing it is to see the planets for the first time. Some of them are beautiful, some dazzling, some stunning, and some fascinating, but one of them made me shiver with delight. Which one! That one, the lovely, the fascinating, the glamorous, the wonderful, and the most wonderful of all. What is the name of the star? It is the star I love best of all, for it is the star that my Prince Charming is to see at the ball I am going to.”

Who is your prince charming, miss? He was a very princely man, not like some princes.

Was? I mean: did he die ?

He never married.

Why so!

Yes, he’s dead.

Shivering all over, I asked her: are you still alive? Where are you going to attend the ball! I hope it’s not in a cemetery. I know you since last five years. If you turn out to be a goblin: all the best!

Shivering all over, I asked her: are you still alive? Where are you going to attend the ball! I hope it’s not in a cemetery. I know you since last five years. If you turn out to be a goblin: all the best! You’ve also turned out to be a goblin. Do you think we’re both dead? When did we die! But we’re talking. What does it mean to be dead? I don’t know. It means: no longer serving the deadline. Shall we say: no longer serving in the morning?

I was sad to be dead. But as it turns out: I was her mysterious love.