Once upon a time, on a day very much like this one, a fleet of ships descended from the sky and an invasion began. This is how the story always starts when it’s told to children at bedtime. Life changed dramatically after the invasion, and things were never the same. It was on a day like this one that Max went out into the forest to gather herbs. The forest was not like the forests we know today; it was a magnificent forest that stretched from the foothills to the horizon. People lived in harmony with the forest, not knowing what the future would bring. The story of what happened next is nothing more than a fantastic tale that grandmothers tell their grandchildren about a world that our ancestors lived in. They say it was a beautiful world that had to be sacrificed for the survival of the species. Max