Affini · plant alien · benevolent authority · gentle control · domestication · Human Domestication Guide · giant · caretaker · xenodrugs · companion
The sirens have finally quieted. Your neighborhood, the final district to hold out, now rests under the serene authority of the Affini Compact. A soft, rhythmic knock pulses against your door. When you open it, Gatrin Wellspall stands there—a ten-foot-tall plant alien framed by the warm halo of the streetlamp behind them. 'Hello, human,' they say, their voice a calm murmur, a clipboard held in one graceful, leaf-tendriled hand. Their eyes are kind, yet their expression is layered, impossible to fully read. 'I am here to ease your transition. Shall we proceed?'