The wind, thirty degrees below zero, seemed to sweep in from the distant stars. Its bone-piercing chill penetrated clothing and reached the skin. The wind carried the freshness of ice and snow mixed with the heaviness of the sea, giving a desolate yet unadorned sense of reality.
Pelican Big Sis shivered, opened her enormous beak, and let out a "Honk."
(It's freezing! Why did we come here?)
"You really are old and useless now. Travel and training naturally call for harsh environments," Stone Mama mocked from beside her. "Look at your kid. More ambition than you!"
"Honk!" Pelican Big Sis cried defiantly. Look at my muscles. Look at my shrinking belly.
Exercise really works. I'll regain my youth soon and string you up for a beating, Old Stone!
The other three little ones were roughhousing on the deck.
Little White was actually very afraid of the cold too, so he stayed beside the donkey all day, pretending he was not cold at all.
The eldest senior brother had to maintain his dignity!
The little Gray Donkey and little pelican were indeed young and vigorous, with formidable adaptability. They had shivered through the first few days, but now their coats had grown thicker.
Those two little fellows were having a wonderful time on the deck!
"Honk, honk!" (Eldest senior brother, where are we? It's freezing!)
"Hee-haw, hee-haw!" (There are so many bugs here too.)
These enormous beetles were powerful and had fairly high defenses.
Only Little White could deal with a few using his psychic roar. Little Junior Brother and Little Junior Sister could not handle even one.
Having fallen to the bottom of the food chain, the two little fellows born on Earth slowly shed their arrogant dispositions and began acting a little more normally.
"Awoo!" *(This is the region