Was it a worm hole? Did he die? Was he tripping from spores and run off into the woods to be a shamen? Where are the drones with heat signature detection for escapees? Where are they going? Is there a newly terraformed planet to escape to? Will Lorenzo be in trouble?

Were there any local little girls calling out "Hey Papi!" when Lorenzo went to meet Marco at the square?

Whoops, scratch that last part. Some private memories might be mixing into your fiction.