Challenge #02208-F018: Relative Superman
A Havenworlder was adopted and raised by Humans from a young age. -- Anon Guest
A ruined city. A lone survivor. Those who had come to help take the orphan in with the best of intentions... So many stories of heroes begin that way. One famous one has the orphan saving their adopted world for all of their life. Red capes optional.
Such was not the case for Sylkin. She was a Thof, and the only survivor of a Vorax raid on a now-ruined planet. She had no family but the Humans who had taken her in. Humans knew how comparatively fragile the Thof were. Thusly, Sylkin's new parents were hyper-protective. Starting with finding an environment where such a family would be both safe and welcome.
Thus it was on Farreach Station, one of the stranger families in the Edge Territories found its place. Sylkin had a team of six parents, one watching over her at any given hour. All of them Deathworlders. All of them too aware of the mishaps that could occur to such a fragile being. Thof were, after all, Class Three Havenworlders. More delicate than most who made it into the Galactic Scene without assistance.
For her trips to school, Sylkin rode one of her guardians through the hustle and bustle of an Edge Station's foot traffic. For her excursions to the parks, there was always a guard of four. Each new foodstuff ran through each parent's research, scans, and medical obsessions. If it cleared that set of obstacles, Sylkin was allowed to try a small sample whilst one monitored Sylkin's biology for any signs of hazard.
There was no safer Thof in the Edge Territories.
When she was grown, there was no tougher Thof in the Edge Territories. She had, after all, been adopted by Human Marines, and they saw no reason why she shouldn't learn to defend herself with everything she had to fight with. She was the first of the Thof to graduate from Class Three to Class Two Havenworlder.
Her parents had never been prouder.
[AN: I got an amazing twenty-seven prompts whilst I was sleeping. I love you, anonymous contributor, but y'all may want to slow down a little. I can only take these on a one-a-day basis. Plus there's so many prompts now that it might frighten other people away. Addendum - I got mixed up and used a prompt out of turn. Forgive me.]
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