Xeno is the smallest measurable amount of human connection. When you pass someone on the street and you forget about it in three hours, that's xeno. Love is the largest measurable amount of human connection. When you pass someone on the street and they resonate in your mind until you go insane, that's love. Lauralei Prichard and Max Branneth were just insignificant specks trying to find their purpose and reason for being put on earth. They had no answers and no leads regarding their being, until they happened upon each other and everything changed.