The kits had been delighted to find another cavity in the trunk, dizzyingly higher than the wide limbs where most had settled in. It was smaller than my hollow and the opening was so small only kits could get inside. They had thus achieved very real independence because it would have been next [...]
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Chapter Twelve
We awoke on our second day dazzled by your big, gold sun and exhilarated by the peculiar tang of your planet’s air. I could write several pages about exactly how your air smells to us, but not in your languages. We are a strongly olfactory race with thousands of words and nuances [...]
Chapter Nine
Greater Than rolled his eyes in exasperation, and turned again to his task. And was interrupted once again as Strikeout asked, “So what else is in that pack? That we should know about?”
Greater Than puffed in exasperation and looked up, pointing the knife at Strikeout, Euro and Plus for emphasis. “Nothing you [...]