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Challenge #05065-M316: Checking In

'Mama Bear' visited the ones who'd saved her from the fire, and she later saved from the falling scaffold. She brought them sweet gifts for their families and the warm kindness she had for those she protected. A killer, after all, could also have a gentle heart for those she cared for.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04838-m089-mostly-harmless-you-say -- BKF

Bear returned to Frop's district with a large basket of fruit and assorted Havenworlder-friendly treats. She took one look at Frop's expression, put the basket down, and backed away with her hands in the air. "I come in peace," she said. "I was worried about you, so... I got some get-better gifts."

"You are a trained killer," said Frop.

"Tamed killer. There's a difference." She attempted to think of one. "It's like the gap between having a guard dog and keeping a wolf. One's trained to attack, and the other has hunting in its genes. Fortunately, I'm a bit more congenial than a wolf."

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Challenge #04814-M065: Thrill of the Hunt

Why, as a Pax Humanis member do I always capture alive? Okay that's an easy one. I believe in giving my prey a truly sporting chance. Just my prey, me, and my knife. Oh, and my hunting hound. Release 'em on my reserve, give them a 40 minute head start, then go hunting.

They need to die anyway, but this gives them a bit of dignity, and fresh air. You know, 'cause I'm such a nice person. -- Anon Guest

Members of

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Challenge #04814-M064: A Natural Warning

During a massive storm they put their tent up over the nest of tiny yellow dragons with blue spots, protecting it from the weather, and then slept peacefully, if uncomfortably, in their carriage.

They awakened to find not only were they now completely immune to the deadly stings, but the small creatures now nested in the carriage protecting them from bandits and other deliberate hostiles. -- Anon Guest

[AN: Microdragons are fun creatures, but not that magical. I have to invent some

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Challenge #04795-M046: Survived a Year

Humans everywhere love to celebrate new years. And to make sure their friends enjoy it, too, they have huge swarms of drones, and laser shows, rather than fireworks. -- Anon Guest

There was an alert on Companion Gorx's datareader. Human New Year's with further information based on locale as to what those crazed, balding apes were doing. It wasn't the celebration of one small planet's completed orbit, it was the celebration of every Human colony's new year.

Thanks to varying negotiations, the

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Challenge #04777-M028: Safety Inspection

This mine has an over 90% safety margin!/ "How in all the Holies you manage that??"

Meet the supervisors. /"These are Kobolds!"

Yep, best damn safety inspectors and supervisors we've ever had! -- The New Guy

Everyone knows that the world of Alfarell was made for Dragons and Dragonkind. Fortunately, after centuries of irreconcilable differences, the Dragons have deigned to share their world with smaller intelligent creatures. Fortunately for Dragonkind, the other intelligent creatures were willing to talk.

Unfortunately for the Kobolds,

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Challenge #04760-M011: The Weather Outside is Frightful

It was extremely hot on this expedition. The human's suit was not cooling well. Much to their confusion and fear, the human overheated and collapsed. They thought humans sweat to cool off. This one didn't. That difference almost caused things to be dire. Medical saved them, and they admitted a genetic disorder making sweating nearly impossible. -- Anon Guest

[AN: Thanks for the half-hour wiki walk, OP]

They had become so accustomed to the noise from Human Ru's cooling system that they

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Challenge #04484-L100: C'mon, You Know You Wanna

Humans teach some of their Galactic friends how to ride various ride-able animals. -- Anon Guest

Two bovines, three equines of varying sizes, a collection of ungulates, and a gently-swaying elephant. After that, the species available were diverse, bizarre, and generally accepted to be as dangerous as every imaginable hell. The Humans looking after the animals probably explained it all.

The saying went, If it's too big to fit in their house, the Humans will try to ride it.

This was not

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Challenge #04300-K282: Synthetic Hymnal

Grandpa 7094 had a very impressive career. NASA, MIT, and the Mitsubishi Nuclear Power Plant were just a few of the organizations where he provided invaluable data. But ask him his proudest achievement, he'll say without hesitation it was learning to sing Daisy Bell. Because it's the one that makes his grandchildren smile. -- Anon Guest

[AN: For those unaware, speech synthesis is older than you think. The instant Humanity put speakers on computers, they started trying to make them communicate]

Humans

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Challenge #03940-J288: Looks Innocent Enough

The human is albino, white hair, pale skin, pink eyes. Their much taller havenworlder friends that they are protecting have white fur and light colored eyes. The human wears the same colors as their crewmates for a uniform. The Pirates learn the lesson of the "hidden guard dog" the hard way. -- Anon Guest

The lighting on the ship was dim. They liked it that way. Their homeworld was, as some might say, slightly frosty. Thus, things like pale colouration and a

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Challenge #03875-J223: Point of Disorder

The CRC and several Alliance officials come together to discuss the shocking turn of events. The humans have begun to befriend, the Thranityr and help more and more clans go from being Vorax to being contributing citizens. Even to the point of becoming full allies with the humans. -- Anon Guest

"They're Humans," said one of the board members present in the quorum. "They'll pack-bond with anything alive. Even the things so toxic it'd kill them to touch it. They just invent

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Challenge #03685-J032: Your Plastic Pal...

"I have my best friend in my pocket!"

They press a button on their wrist unit, and a small holograph showed smiling and saying hello.

"Is that an AI?"

"Yep! Their name is KIP, and we've been best friends since we met when I was 8. And we still are!" -- Anon Guest

Kindly Interactive Pal was made for children in remote vessels or settlements, so they would not feel lonely. Kids could personalise them. They were meant to be put away

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Challenge #03523-I235: Meet Your Teammates

Yautto looked upon Wraithvine, Kevin, Gikka, and, Abundance, and Venin, never having had seen such kindness in their lives before. They were grateful, but nervous, as they went on the adventure. Would these people remain friends, or would they chase Yautto out, too, eventually?

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03357-i069-surprise-guest

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03360-i072-hello-all-over-again

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03336-i048-youve-been-mothered -- Anon Guest

[AN: While I don't always pay attention to continuity in these works (10-minute limit on Wiki Walks)

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Challenge #03465-I177: Missed Connection

The downside to being giant, intelligent, arachnid-like beings is that the ones you want to befriend so often run away. Even many of those lovely ones they call humans. -- Anon Guest

Sargasso stations are always "interesting" in the sense of "interesting times". They're either run by Nae'hyn who use them as retirement homes for decommissioned or retired Gravity Drives, or they are run by low-G insectoids. There is no middle ground.

Welcome to Pappus[1] Station. Bring your own gravity.

Low-G

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Challenge #03463-I175: Adventures in Pet-sitting

A human with a new puppy is often quite tired lately. Their friends had seen them play with the animal a lot, so they understood, but wow, the happy, hyperactive, puppy had more endurance than the human! -- Anon Guest

Doug was a puppy. A neotenous canid, true. He was also a squiggly, wiggly, squirming, wagging ball of excitement with the unstoppable inclination to lick the entire universe. Human Thu had been playing with the creature for most of their day off.

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Challenge #03387-I099: Complicated Human Rituals

The ships humans, after having ordered a larger than normal amount of supplies, decide to surprise their crewmates in the survey camp, by getting up extra early to fix a big, lovely, breakfast. -- Anon Guest

It's not easy to sleep when there's a predator trying to be quiet in the immediate vicinity. Humans count as predators. Surveyor Thait was finding this out, as she tried to sleep, at the hour that the team Humans were calling "Sparrow Fart". Humans. They had

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