Ooh, and ew, and sinister, and a little icky. Nicely told with a dreamy sort of lilt to it all that worked nicely for the unreality that comes in a novel environment far from home.
This is stirring some sort of recollections…I love how this is going. I hope there will be more. I like the names. For some reason Ray Bradbury and Greg Bear come to mind. . .hmm, just a knee jerk reaction. I like it. May sequel…