I woke up later than usual today, of course; it seems to be becoming a habit... I decided to gather breakfast supplies and head to Silvana's. They weren't exactly special treats – mostly crackers and canned goods – things that would sustain me if I couldn't find fresh food here – but then again, it should have been quite exotic for Silvana.

I didn't find her at home (as it turns out, several rooms and one floor had been hidden from me earlier – it's quite a large mansion), so I headed towards the farmhouse, where I found her. Although she had already had a breakfast, she didn't mind sharing a snack with me for a second breakfast. She boiled water in the small stove in the "barn," and we sat down at the wooden table overlooking the lake. Silvana definitely doesn't shy away from meat, and although she was quite skeptical about canned goods, she quickly warmed up to them. During breakfast, I asked if I could use the correspondence archive to document my observations of flora and fauna. She agreed and added that if I really wanted to see any of these specimens, we could look for them later in jungle. I replied that I would be happy to, as long as we had time. I also suggested that I try to contact her agent. She said it is a very generous offer, but this person lived in a different place than where I had come from, which would require more involvement on my part. I said it wasn't a big deal and that I would gladly do her this favor as a token of gratitude for her unexpected hospitality. She said she would consider how to organize it, but that she liked the idea.

After breakfast, she sent me home alone because I knew where the things that interested me were - she said I can feel myself at home, while she stayed on the farm because she had things to do there. When I got home, I delved into the letters, which I'd used to compile "my" observations of plants and animals. However, digging through the letters, I discovered something very interesting – I came across correspondence dating back to the 1850s, concerning an experimenter "creating identical copies of an organism" in the context of animals. Generally, I wouldn't have paid much attention to this, as these topics were far from understandable to me, but it was so extensive and actually dominated correspondence with many people that I decided to investigate.

In the 1860s, theoretical speculations turned into practice. This was related to the discovery of a chemical substance in lizards that caused cell division. This substance, properly separated, allowed for such division not only in the cells of lizards but also in other animals. I didn't read it thoroughly, as I couldn't understand much of it with my archaeological knowledge, but it intrigued me greatly – it sounds like science fiction! I decided to skip through the correspondence a bit and that's how I ended up in the 1870s, where I read information about a child and its first steps.

When I realized that the child was probably Silvana, I was chilled. On the one hand, I felt like a voyeur, on the other, I couldn't resist reading further.

Taking a slightly smaller step back, I came to the birth date, where I found confirmation that it was Silvana – a girl with reptilian skin. Born of a monkey.

Again I lost track of time, so I don't know how many times I read these last few pieces of information. Silvana snapped me out of my shock. When she approached me and saw what I had found, she didn't get angry with me (which I honestly feared), but simply asked if I needed an explanation. She didn't seem concerned or worried, so I asked for an explanation. She invited me into the living room and told me the whole story, including some rather biological details.