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Lota lives on the Emerald Planet. After a run-in with some Trident-shaped meteors, during which the Odyssey came worst off, Ulysses lands on the planet in order to gather emeralds to repair the damage. He meets a woman who offers him Lotus seeds. He eats one and loses his memory and all sense of his surroundings. Having lost contact with Ulysses, Telemachus and Yumi fly to the planet to search for him. They are about to accept Lotus seeds offered by a boy when Lota appears and warns them not to take the seeds. He warns Telemachus and Yumi of the dangers of the seeds and appears to be the only person on the planet who does not eat them. Lota used to eat the seeds, but after discovering the secret of the volcano from which the Lotus plants grow, no longer eats them.

Together Lota, Telemachus and Yumi enter the caves at the base of the volcano in search of Ulysses. They find him lying unconscious on the ground and Lota administers an antidote to the seeds' effects. Ulysses comes to and is brought up to date on the situation in the Odyssey regarding repairs.

Lota sets about finding and curing the rest of his people, who are in some of the deeper caves. The problem is compounded by the fact that the volcano is due to erupt at any moment. While Lota locates the others Ulysses flies back to the Odyssey to stop the volcano from erupting by firing a concentrated beam of light from the Iris through the emerald lens and into the volcano.

With the volcano safely plugged Lota is able to free his people, happy in the knowledge that without the volcano the Lotus plants will never grow again.