第38話: ルナは嵐を生き延び、砂の島で一夜を過ごした後に救助を見つける

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Bell tries to jump in after Luna, but the others hold him back. Kaoru attempts to turn the ship around, but because of the measures taken to avoid capsizing during the storm, the steering won't work. As Luna drifts out of sight, Shingo blames himself for not anticipating such a storm, but Chako is confident in Luna's ability to survive. In the ocean, Luna is being buffeted around by the waves, kept afloat only by her lifejacket and her memory of her father. The next morning, she awakens on the beach of a small sand cay. She spends the day trying to find food and water, and start a fire, but she's unsuccessful, only getting blistered palms and a cut on her hand for her troubles. After sunset, she finally manages to start a fire using a bow drill which she'd once seen in a movie. As she stares at the fire, she remembers a time when her father took her camping in a colony forest dome once, when they talked about terraforming other planets to make them fit for human habitation. Awakening early the next morning, she is surprised to notice that her hands have completely healed. That evening, she suddenly hears Adam's voice in her mind, and is overjoyed to see the Orion come sailing out of the sunset. (Source: Wikipedia)