>>5814285What I meant by "plant things" are the creatures that the Galmans interbred with. The Garmillans are selected from a genetically stable stock so they don't need to interbreed but still need that specialized environment. Anyways, here's the next one
Queen Starsha was not alone in her endeavour. Her two sisters, the princesses Sasha and Yurisha, kept her company and allowed her to endure the increasingly unbearable silence of Iscandar, memories of when this was a the beating heart of an intergalactic civilization still fresh in her mind, something that she cannot let go easily even if she were to wish that it would be so. Even now, she knew that the bulk of Iscandar's duties are being performed by Dessler on her behalf, however imperfect his methods may be, these days she felt a sort of fatigue, one that sleep did little to alleviate. Still, she slept easier, knowing that her only duty now is vigilance. Out there, among the stars are them, those corruptors of life. Appearing as ruthless conquerors to the lesser races, and pretending to civilly deal when caught in their acts by a peer. She felt discontent simply thinking of them, rootless cosmopolitans, though a cosmopolitan in that same twisted way they seem to do everything and everyone. She knew that the oracles would have much more pointed words to describe them, but they are not here or now, but perhaps then or later. Time can be strange thing to think about when you knew it could be bent and broken, more so if one sees it in action. She had not, however, seen any of the Perverters in a while, perhaps they had moved to parts unknown, perhaps following the trail of havoc Gatlantis leaves behind. Her two sisters are the only things in this universe that gave her the strength to wake up each day, and she grew disappointed as Dessler went behind her back and began building a Wave Motion Gun in secret, thinking that no one would ever know, that maternal affection she had for him dying day by day. She mused again of what-could-have-beens, this time of Ranhalt, if he would be a gentler ruler than his uncle....
