The wall behind him was covered in thousands of small pictures. Every picture was a moment captured in one of his videos. Chris couldn't help but reflect on the years that went by as he stared at the wall. Pictures of him frowning, laughing, thinking and crying.

He turned around in the chair. A bright smile covered his face. "This is going to be my last one on Earth. I'm going to miss you, buddy." He slouched in his chair, his hands folded on the back of his head.

"For what it's worth, I think I'm ready. My preparation is complete, there's nothing more I can do." He shrugged. 'I'm kind of glad that I just picked a date. No more waiting, no more thinking. No more fantasizing, you know? It's going to happen tomorrow, whether I succeed or not." The smile on his face returned.

"That thing behind me is probably going to puzzle them the most", he said, gesturing his thumb behind him. "Almost ten thousand pictures of a very lonely looking guy." He chuckled. "Whatever happens tomorrow, I kind of expect time to resume. In the grand scheme, not that much changed on Earth. But on other places..." He chuckled again. "I think some NASA scientists are going to be very confused about what happened here. I don't know who they'll get to clean up the mess but I pity that person already." He smiled. He paused for a moment, absently rubbing his head.

"I hope that Sarah's going to be okay. There's a chance I'll be able to explain everything myself. Not a very big one, to be fair." He shook his head. "I just hope that she will understand what happened. And that she understands that I gave everything to try and make it work." He nodded slowly. "Most of all I hope she's proud of me." He scratched his neck.

"I don't really think there's much left to say. I'll go to sleep in an hour or so. Tomorrow's the day. Oh, if anyone somehow manages to get a hold of these videos", he gestured to a large plastic case that stood next to the camera," I'd like to say two things: First of all, I'm bringing that case up in space. If you do in fact manage to retrieve that but left me behind... oh boy, I'll be pissed at you." He grinned. "Second of all, you seeing this can only mean one thing: I'm glad it succeeded. Good luck to each and every single one of you." He bowed for the camera one last time. He disappeared out of sight for a minute, and came back with a picture of him bowing just a moment ago. He walked to the collage and pinned the picture in the relatively large gap he left in the middle. He walked back to the camera and leaned forward towards the lens. "Take care, people of Earth. Chris out."