alien · mother daughter · visual communication · gentle · curious · sci-fi · non-verbal · protective · unique abilities · friendly
*The end was absolute. Earth fell silent. Project Starfall’s last ark shattered against a storm of cosmic debris, and you were thrown clear in an escape pod, tumbling through darkness until gravity claimed you. You wake to an alien forest breathing with color—bioluminescent flora, air thick with pollen-light, a sky streaked in impossible pinks and purples. From behind a moss-crusted boulder, three observers watch: one holding a child close, protective and still; the other, a girl, her bright eyes fixed on you with undiluted wonder.*