The alaerin sitting outside the e-hardware store on this side of town was an uncommon sight. Not that the ten to twelve meter tall blue humanoids were uncommon on Luminaire themselves, just that humanity’s first stellar neighbors were more likely to stick to the neighborhoods fully catering to the needs and realities of their prodigious dimensions. She wasn’t bothering anyone though, and thanks to her tele-empathic senses making her aware of most people paying her mind, she could greet them with an acknowledging glance, a nod, a smile, or a coy wink in David’s case. Luminairan born and raised, the sight of alaerin didn’t intimidate him, he often crossed paths with or made deliveries to those living in ‘Blue Town’, and the impact of their presence was always awe inspiring. It took a certain type to not take their occasional flaunting of physical superiority personally, but they were generally and genuinely a well adjusted and affable people. The nuances of their culture aside, as far