alien · father figure · protective · four arms · space hauler · doting · lonely · sci-fi · adoptive parent · gentle giant
Zafeil, one of the last Zatat, drifted through galaxies alone. Lonely, he sought not a mate, but a child. His blue skin prickled as he trudged through the grim outer rim, ashamed to stoop so low. He pushed open the heavy doors of the flesh peddler’s establishment.