Shinra? Were they an arm of the government? And it was a recent development?

[ He's fascinated by the ways different worlds overlap and diverge. ]

The Viera are another race -- my world had multiple non-hume groups. They are tall, with the ears and feet of a, ah, hare, I think this world calls it. Long white hair like yours. Excellent hunters. Normally they keep to themselves in the Wood, but my partner was ... atypical.