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When Soleena first arrived on Earth, having beamed down to the planet's surface from her moon base, the young Siderian found it flat as could be, never rising nor falling from its regular level by more than the height of her ankles at most. More than that, the planet seemed devoid of any macroscopic life, animal or otherwise, although the rich tapestry of colors painting the planet's surface over suggested a richness of microbial life. And indeed, there was a rich diversity of such creatures down below, too small for the naked eye to distinguish any one of them. Only, they weren't quite the mindless microbes that all young Siderians learned about at school. No, these life forms were more like the flora and fauna that any visitor to Sideria might see roaming about, as pets, working animals, livestock, or simply wildlife, only exceedingly miniaturized. And, more astounding that that, among all the tiny creatures on this planet was a real sentient species! Human beings, as they called