A miracle palls when it becomes routine. "It is said that technology used to be like that back in the Old Civilization. Take what happened soon after Earth-humans discovered how to fly. Soon everybody could soar through the sky and people took the marvel for granted. How tragic! That sort of thing does not happen here. We preserve wonder like a precious resource. " Peepoe sputtered. "But all this-" She flicked her jaws spraying water toward the jungle and the steep fleshy cliffs beyond. "All of this... read more