From the window, the hot winds of the Kubai Desert caressed glass bottles suspended from strings, creating soft chimes that filled the air. Leaning against the window sill, a Xero with orange and red hues and jagged stripes all over her body watched other Xeros going about their daily lives. A typical busy day in the city of B'Haddu includes shopping, conversing, having lunch, and fetching water from the adjacent falls.
With her head dipping and bobbing, her eyelids hea...