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and forth and be in the light or dark equally well. : Are bothofyour moons in thesky at thesame time? They revolve. There are times when both are in the sky at the same time, and then there are other times when one or neither is in the sky. What aboutrain? Doyou have anything similarthafallsfrom the sky? Notso, not like on Earth. The rain on Earth is caused by gravity. As I said, the gravity is one-sixth. On this planet, it's much more like fog with large drops. It's an extreme case of humidity. This occurs during certain shifts of the winds and such as this. The weather is much more stable, but it does change. It does ruin a picnic. We have fun, we have vacations, we have birds to contend with and ants. So you haveinsects then. Are there riversoroceans? Yes, that is accurate. There are rivers and large bodies of water; however, not to the extent as on this planet The climate is much drier, as there is not near as large bodies of water. They are able to grow their crops all year round, much less moisture is required. Doyou have days and nights? Here they arecaused by the rotationof ourplanet. The answer is no, there is no change in day on that part of the planet Ihave a feeling ofalmost sadness that we don't One part is forever twilight, one part is not. This is because of the planet's evolution. It occurred to me later that he had said the people of this planet had eyes that could see extremely well in the dark. This may not be a contradiction because he also said that his people had colonized this planet and were not indigenous there. Only the "little people" and animals and plants were indigenous. Maybe this would explain his sadness, aremembering through the genes of night on the origi- nal home planet. _ The Social Stucture ofthe Alien Planet 43