“The Lankies aren’t,” Elin says. “And the chances that Willoughby has an organism on it that’s adapted in isolation to take them as prey is pretty much zero. Whatever this thing is, I’d bet money that it came from the same place where they evolved.” “What kind of species brings its own predator with it when it goes out to settle another planet?” “It may not have been on purpose,” Elin replies. “Could have been by accident. We’ve introduced invasive species to colonies by accident, and we have all sorts of procedures to prevent that.”
