“Officially, they’re luxopodos, but we call them luxies, and…” He paused, his lips curving ever so slightly. “They’re native to Otho.” Ezren whipped her head to Foster, her eyes like two huge headlights. “But—” Foster’s thoughts sputtered as he took in the cavern with fresh eyes. “That’d make this the first complex life-form found in the Casolla system.” Dr. Hart nodded, the kaleidoscope of the luxies’ lights playing across his grim expression. “Exactly.”
