He awoke from his hibernation.

  His isolation in his new habitat felt empty and strange.

  The habitat was a single capsule in space, a temporary home.

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  At least it was until his world was ravaged by a plague that kept him from returning to his home.

  Floating, weightless, his effect on his old-world diminished the longer he stayed within his capsule.

  Secluded with nothing but his research to keep him occupied, other than looking out his window at the world he once knew.

  He opened the Entrance.

  Stepped out into space, onto his balcony, staring at his world in quarantine.