I arrived early January. This was the second since then. I'm sincerely hoping this is not a pattern, but I'm not holding my breath.

[ He watches with curiosity at the fluidity of the tentacles. They remind him more of technology at home, not that anything looked like this, but in the merging of the natural and the technological. ]

Those are quite elegant. My compliments on the design.

And you aren't the only person who has mentioned recently being in other dimensions or multiverses. First time for me.