She'd found it at last, but she had to act quickly. Pollination of this delicate species was brief and rare, occurring only once every planetary year when the twin moons were in opposition. She'd dedicated her life to preserving the flora and fauna on this doomed world but this had proven one of her most difficult tasks yet.

(This is in reference to their cultural duty as collectors and preservationists of ecosystems from threatened worlds.)

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