The world as we know it is over. The terror of Earthfall is now a reality, but that's not important at all. We can't let madness destroy our humanity. Stay strong, stay open, stay hopeful, stay human. Yet how she betrayed her race with a psionic snap of the branch in that savage jungle of the cosmos.
Space is a wilderness of incalcuable sorrows, filled with terrible, predatory citizens.
Thanks to Kari, they caught our scent, and were on their way instantly. She didn't outlive the arrival of the invaders eight years later. Fortunately for us, they were not. The Devroi were close behind. Neither were the Hepa, the Fellils, the Ascaecza, the Capha or any of the others.