The cat climbed onto the dragon's back after collecting several bags of money. From behind, the boy, Sayle, and the frog jumped up, the latter holding onto the dragon's rump. They settled onto its back and sat down. The boy aimed his beam at the money scattered on the ground—as if to take a picture of it or draw it into his beam—along with an image of the robots and the city, saying to the frog:
"I know you are in another time.
O city, shine your lights for peace. Those monsters that surrounded you or hid within you have departed. Those monsters were waiting for the moment you would be distracted by amusement. They wouldn't let visitors enjoy your most beautiful moments; they wanted to weaken you.
The hands of your clock will continue to turn in your towering buildings, moving toward a bright future. I know that you are inhabited by a creative people, no matter how far back the clock may turn. If it turns back to the past, it will be for unity and work. They are good people who do not allow monsters to live among them. With work, dedication, and knowledge, the hands of your clock will move, igniting the beam of progress and prosperity. I realized that you possess the most powerful weapons, manage food security, and maintain a presence in global affairs.
No matter how far eyes may fly, whether from space or the seas, your city will remain fortified. I know you dislike the ill-gotten gains of corruption; here they lie, discarded, while I cleanse your land.
And if the hands of your clocks turn toward the future, you will find robots serving humanity. But even if those robots become savage and create a brutal world, they will be confronted by the Chinese mind, which will tell them, 'You will remain my slaves, O machine, before I extinguish my light.'
I believe my mother and sister remember my father's sacrifices in the village and the fortress. My father always advised my mother, 'Don't lose your keys, O city. Your keys are in your hands; I don't think they will be lost to you, for every generation passes the keys of life and the preservation of the fortress to the next.'"