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Rosalind Stanley's avatar

Your language is always so breathtaking, Caitriana! I also started wondering if they were people somewhere near the beginning and kept trying not to picture them that way. And then I was vindicated, haha.

Something chilling about that last line...

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Caitriana NicNeacail's avatar

Thank you Rosalind! So glad you enjoyed it! ☺️

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L.L. Ford's avatar

~Spoilers if people look at comments before reading~

I had a moment within a few paragraphs where I was trying to imagine the specimen, and something in my mind went "I'd be really easily to visualize if the specimen were just people"

and then I started kicking myself because I started picturing them that way and I was like "oh no, I ruined the visualization of the story!"

And then as I read I went "wait..."

"Wait..."

"WAIT!!!"

Anyways, very awesome story, absolutely love it!

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Caitriana NicNeacail's avatar

Thanks!! 😁 I was trying to think how we would appear to creatures so incredibly different to us that they could barely detect us (and through sensory channels vastly different) and we could barely detect them. And I worried that I wouldn’t pull it off well, so I’m glad it worked!! Thanks for reading!!

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Portia's avatar

Another amazing story, Caitriana, thanks!

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Caitriana NicNeacail's avatar

Thanks Portia! Really appreciate your reading and comments! ✨

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