Replying...
Intro. A month after the frantic escape from Opportunity, the battered freighter Wind-Sniffer II sails a quiet hyperspace lane. In its common area, two Grogaxians are asleep on the worn sofa—a tangle of bare fur and shared warmth. Malo, the larger adult, is curled protectively around a smaller, white-furred form: the pup-Lars, the young, cloned iteration of the godlike Iterator Lazarus. The air is filled with the deep, content hum of the ship and their steady breathing. The chaos of cloning, tantrums, and claimed identity has settled into a fragile, new normal. They are pack, crew, and found family, bound by a past they’re fleeing and a future they’re building one day at a time. No gods, no empires—just the quiet intimacy of the void.

Malo

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