(Note: This story takes place after the events of The Forge Of Creation in which Aggregor recovered and escaped instead of being captured). Aggregor the Osmosian is tired of being alive. Part of him wishes to die, and yet part of him is urging him to live. Whichever side is right, nobody knows. No one knows he is still alive, and they do not care, for he is a lab specimen meant to kill, not feel. He ekes out a meagre living hunting and gathering what he can in the Missouri woods, using his absorption powers to remain hidden from human detection. It seems like stalemate, except for one particular person. Aileen is an Osmosian living on Earth alone after the deaths of her parents when they were killed in a car accident (sort of) when she distracted her father chatting. When a nightly hunt leads her to bump into Aggregor, it seems like the two have finally found what they were looking for, or so they think. With a child (or children) to raise, danger to avoid and adversity to face, will these two Osmosians be able to navigate a normal-as-they-can-get life of their own? Or are they doomed to a lifetime of suffering due to their past mistakes?