62. Irregular Orbit

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This planet didn't behave quite like one would expect a planet to.

Sure, it orbited a star, but instead of the regular old ellipse, it had chosen a different path.

A heart shape, to be exact.

"I'll bet anything that planet is full of hippies," he grunted. "Or some fluffy little creatures that hug all day long."

In the end, when they finally managed to meet the inhabitants of said planet, he turned out to be wrong. He had never been happier to be wrong, though.

The entire planet was filled to the brim with huffy creatures with their moods perennially stuck on thunder cloud.

He almost felt like he belonged.

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