Dusk fell gently over the tiny downtown in South Base. Yana drove her speeder into the little city while calling out to her boisterous passengers, "The reason they broke up was because she walked in on him making out with Chief Dresden." Kayla scooted forward in the back seat. "Can't be. I thought Dresden was a Tigrian? Human's can't mate with Tigrians, can they?" Joanne turned around in the front seat. "Dresden isn't a Tigrian. Tigrians all have purple skin and long faces." Yana shook her head as she drove. "Tigrians don't have purple skin." "Yes, they do," Joanne argued. "That's their number one identifier. Their skin is that lavender color." Kayla turned to Kess in the back seat. Her chin was propped in her hand, starting deep in thought out the window. "Hey Kess, do Tigrians have

