Miru sat in a public park, the blood-red and lilac skies of Rinalten CK93857-M hanging over them like an omen of doom.  The end of their tail trailed through holographic images of flora from different planets across the galaxy, but they hardly paid attention to the gleaming display all around them.  They held their head in their hands, and did not look up, even when holographic rain began to pitter patter ...

     Jhenigi sank gratefully into the lake, the cool water a welcome relief from the oppressive heat and humidity of an early Geshem day.  Their surroundings were unfamiliar, and the weather uncomfortable, but it beat crawling around after Nauxha, relying on some strange chirping device to tell them if their next steps would send them plummeting into a hidden crevasse and to their deaths.      Their current o...

     A cold wind blew from the north, piercing straight through Nauxha’s thick fur and chilling her.  She sat alongside the other adults from her tribe, watching an elaborate ceremony unfold before them.  A muscular bull was decorated in the colours of their people, accompanied by a few similarly-dressed attendants.  He was speaking to them, words which had been ...

     Nauxha clasped the device close to her chest, the harsh Rekes wind threatening to tear it from her hands.      Travelling the mountains was hard enough during the warm months of the year, but late Kerah had brought with it even worse conditions.  Heavy layers of snow covered the land, deeper where it had been blown against rock faces, veiling deep fissure...