Return to EdenChapter 12
Their reception was everything they could have hoped. Initially Joe and Akakha waited alone in the now dramatically refurbished pavilion, and walked out sedately to greet Meiersdottir and her family. Ceremoniously both extended their limbs and bowed their heads in greeting, much as Meiersdottir had initiated at her first encounter with Joe. The humans reciprocated, touching their hands to the Edenites'. Then Meiersdottir cocked her head slightly. "That's the way we greet strangers, Joe,"...