Kintla Flatlands Starlink

Not for long, it seemed. Dwin's peace was interrupted by a low whine, making her return from the imaginary world to the real one. Her gaze darted around, seeking for the source, until her eyes met a tall, slender creature, standing in the snow anad staring right back at her. 

She contemplated on, whether she should feel afraid. She racked her brain, trying to recollect any useful information on, how to handle situations with strangers outside her home turf. None came to her mind, though Eljay's solution of never meeting aliens was staying within the border of the caldera. 

What would grandma Finley and grandpa Colt would have done? Of all the great and grand adventures passed on to her, none featured the cowering before a challenge. And had it not been aunt Wraen's or grandma Osprey's quote - imagine that you are the worst possible creature for anyone to meet here?

Yup. She would play bold then. If that failed, well none of her siblings were here to see her run for her life, were they? "You are the weirdest deer I have ever seen around," she told the odd creature, slowly getting to her feet and taking a step towards it. She would have added him/her being a lovechild of a wolf and a mountain goat, but she was yet quite clueless on, how that physiology worked. She had either been absent, when Maia had told this particular story, or simply paid no attention to it, having better things to do. 

"Are you edible or are you here to eat me?" she asked.