A New Friendship (Short Story)
Henry Farver walked back to his apartment. An unusual event to see, and one that Henry begun to enjoy. He spent the first thirty-one years using a hover-bike, until a malfunction took place, forcing him to travel on foot. Unlike with Earth, there’s been no ground vehicles to see the face of Persephone, the planet he lived on his whole life. Persephone is, by no means, the first planet to be colonized, nor of the first dozen. The settling of Persephone left nothing more than a minor note on news bulletins. Ever since Humanity began to travel among the stars, there are no signs found of intelligent life elsewhere in the galaxy, one of the first items searched for on any habitable planet. The best sign for other intelligent life are the growing ecosystem encountered throughout the galaxy, constantly providing hope. And though the Foundational Government has been doing it can protect these ecosys...