Outburst

"Told you we'd find him here," said Wes. He and Anders hiked up the hill to where the Ancillary Viyd perched on his stems, all his sensory nodules pointed at the landing planes.

"Watching the planes land?" asked Anders. He smiled, or at least showed his teeth.

"Yes," said the Ancillary Viyd.

"You're not supposed to leave the lab unescorted," Wes said.

"I know. I like to watch the light when they land. All those within, reaching out to those they could not touch in the air." The Ancillary Viyd gestured upward. "It is beautiful. Like spores in the wind."