Runaway to the Stars is a hard scifi story focused on communication, accommodation, and everyday life in co-species spaces. This is an excerpt from the childhood of Talita, the protagonist.

Talita’s childhood best friend was a human named Sorrel. They're both about 10 years old here.

Sorrel’s stripes are from his mom’s side of the family. It’s an artificial gene, but Sorrel would be considered a typ human, not a GMH (Genetically Modified Human), because he’s part of the largest human gene pool. There’s a lot of artificial genes floating around in there these days.

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