>>52223372It was really well written anon!
I'm new to deadbeat lore, but I really like the the kind of mech Ailbhe was taking care of, thats a really cool concept and it super fits something a sapling would gravitate toward.
Also the interactions with Tuval were really sweet. Kind of reminded me a lot of the scene from Spirited Away where Chihiro meets Kamaji and Kamaji is trying to tell her how the bath machine works and how to help out.
>tragic backstorynot the angle I would have gone with for a group of homeless saplings, but it still works. I'll try to keep it in mind for any possible future space-/uuu/ lore. the space hives saplings would have are absolutely massive so they can take advantage of their own microgravity (and some Lagrange points) to keep their own atmosphere. So it would take some incredibly destructive event to wipe out a whole hive, but theres definitely some room in there for other possibilities.
Looking forward to where this goes anon!