The Redemption of Time (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 4)

by Baoshu

“I’m not too sure about the details. But in our legends, all the heavenly bodies love each other and want to be together. But if they really do cluster together, they won’t be orbiting around the earth and illuminating everything on the ground. That’s why the Maker separated them from each other, giving order and restraint to their love. Since the Little Red Star is the child of both the Sun and the Yellow Moon, if it ever did return, the Sun and the Yellow Moon would fight over it, each demanding that the Little Red Star revolve around itself. In that case, the Sun and the Yellow Moon would no longer orbit around each other, twirling in their dance. Instead, they’d be fighting each other, and the Little Red Star might even fall into one of them, bringing chaos to the heavenly order.”