Aikaterina studied the male standing in front of her. She had foretold his arrival long before his planet had even formed. She had sent a touch of her own blood to the planet that would give life to his species on the rocks that she had cast into the heavens. It had taken billions of years, but time was of no consequence to her kind.
Aikaterina smiled as she looked around at others of her kind. These were her children. They were enjoying a respite on the world they had come to think of as their own. Most of her kind traveled through the different star systems, looking for planets that had the potential for life. When the world was ready, they would leave a part of themselves in the hopes it would grow and nurture life. On this planet, she had found a species that gave her life in return.
