Wow, this is a beautiful story @cheekah.
The flow of your thoughts, the diction, the plot, the presentation. All on point. And you were able to set it in the 17th century! I've never thought of taking advanced science and alien kinda plots to an ancient setting 👍. Nice to have learnt.

This is a nice reminder also that we should value our beloved mother earth and all the little everyday natural beauties that we have on earth. And we are fast losing it without enough awareness. An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest, which is roughly the size of the country of Panama, are lost each year, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization
And it further horrifically states that: 137 species of animals are becoming extinct each day, which adds up to 50,000 species disappearing every year, because of deforestation.If we dont act now, 10% of the worlds species will die out within the next 25 years.

This is more serious than we ordinarily take it, the time to stand up and act is now. And for the records I've planted up to 10 trees around my house, it's a small land but we got to do this, I even got papaya (pawpaw) and the size and shape of the fruits look like boobies, I get kinda horny just looking at it 😁 😁

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The son of Aphrodite