Cassidy Walker’s speeding buggy ate up kilometers as fast as it guzzled gasoline. The vehicle's engine rattled a thunderous roar as it barrelled up the steep and rocky slope, heading upward to the Signal Tower plateau. Cassidy was returning home, and relished the thought of reuniting with her daughter. Through the windshield, Cassidy’s eyes followed a forest dove as it soared up into the clouds, becoming nothing but a tiny, dark smudge in the wide sky. A second smudge joined it, both birds catching the thermal drafts rising up out of the humid valley. Suddenly, with wings folded tight, they catapulted down toward the ground, chirping a mournful song to any who would listen. These were large birds, larger than a human head, growing larger during the two centuries that they had been living on Taran. The lower gravity here seemed to have that effect on most plants and animals imported from Earth. The doves called out again, their lonely cries echoing across the valley.
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