Auri's Diary - 3

A bit of time has passed since I started mingling with humans.
This is the first time I've ever written another entry so soon after the last one,
but I just met a truly incredible human.

Her name is Zenara.
When we first met, I could hardly believe she was human at all.
Of course, she looks the part.

But her eyes—the place her gaze is fixed upon—
is entirely different from any human I've ever known.
It’s as if she is always looking down at the world from up high...

Anyway, she’s definitely going to be someone big.
I found out she's also the one leading the research on that life-form from the stars.
Well, of course she is. She's what you'd call a once-in-a-generation genius.

On top of that, she is incredibly earnest and kind-hearted.
Humans treat the other creatures on this island—they call them |Pals|—in all sorts of ways.

Some abuse them, some exploit them, some treasure them...
But Zenara... She wants |coexistence.|

She spoke to me of building a paradise where humans and Pals
can connect their hearts across the boundaries of species, living together in harmony.

I'm genuinely looking forward to it.
I've witnessed so much of the history that humanity has spun,
but I have never once seen a world like the one she envisions.

...By the way, while we were having that chat at the base of the World Tree,
I started to feel a bit strange. It's odd.
For a being like me, the concepts of health and sickness aren't supposed to exist...