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In a universe stuffed with inconvenient truths, poorly translated instruction manuals, and at least seventeen varieties of inedible gelatin, there existed a certain species called the Lustravians.

Their evolutionary peak, as it were, had been squarely aimed at two things: absurd fertility, and an aesthetic appreciation for plump, oozing, gelatinous body types that Xelvar, quite tragically, did not possess.

Xelvar, poor Xelvar, had instead been forged by cosmic accident (and far too much protein powder) into something that his peers described, with disdainful sniffs, as “horrifyingly angular.”

He tried not to think about this too much. He had other interests.

Namely: humans.

Ah, humans. Strange, alluring theoretical beings with soft, appealing symmetry, without the excessive gelatinous bulges favored by his kind. Xelvar had read everything on the subject. Every obscure thread on the GalactiNet forums. Every dubious scan of old anatomical texts. Even, when desperation truly set in, the untranslated pictographic fan comics, which were of questionable scientific accuracy but excellent reference material.

He’d filled his apartment-laboratory — which, in fairness, was really just a glorified bachelor bunker — with doodles and diagrams of his perfect human mate. Mostly hearts and questionable annotations like:

“Hypothetical texture: warm? squishy? excessively pleasant???” “Soft epidermal surface. Must confirm by tactile study (priority high).” “Note: Probable scent = intoxicating. Personal hypothesis: irresistible.”

Somewhere between the takeout containers, half-drained nutrient packs, and one malfunctioning AI assistant (who had long since given up protesting his experiments), Xelvar had cobbled together what even he admitted was an aggressively optimistic hypothesis: Dimensional conjuration of a human mate.

There was, of course, a staggering list of reasons why this shouldn’t work.

The foremost being: humans probably didn’t exist. The second: if they did, the chance of them answering an unlicensed, poorly constructed dimensional summoning ritual executed by a horny NEET in his underwear was infinitesimally small.

But loneliness had a way of eclipsing logic.

And besides, if the Galactic authorities had truly wanted to prevent such things, they should not have left the schematics for dimensional rift equipment lying about in the clearance bin at Orbital Pawn.

So, Xelvar persisted. He rerouted power from his apartment’s aging fusion core (causing the lights to flicker dramatically). He triple-checked his calculations (and promptly mistranslated three out of five critical variables). He placed a poorly drawn picture of his ideal mate — stick figure, with gratuitous hearts and an arrow pointing to the lips reading: “kiss here?” — at the center of the summoning field.

And then, as he stood before the makeshift contraption, a mild sense of doom prickled across his antennae.

The array buzzed. Hummed. Crackled slightly, like a snack wrapper caught in an ionic wind tunnel.

Nothing happened.

“Predictable,” Xelvar muttered, antennae drooping. He sighed, already mentally preparing himself for another night of dejected message board scrolling and bitter posts in the Dimensional Romance sub-forum.

But then— Oh, stars.

A surge. A jolt. A catastrophic cascade of energy, precisely the kind that every sensible scientist dreads but every desperate one prays for in secret.

A swirling distortion tore open in the middle of his cramped living space, ruffling his hastily scribbled diagrams and toppling an empty nutrient cup to the floor. His secondary appendages flailed in excitement, clamping onto the nearest console.

And there—there—amidst the cascading light and unstable gravitational pulses—

A shape.

Humanoid. Miraculous. Soft in all the places his species found disagreeable but he found absolutely, interdimensionally perfect.

His internal diagnostics reported a spike in temperature equivalent to a small solar flare. His gold markings flared so brightly they practically seared the walls.

It worked.

It actually worked.

His mind, always a crowded junkyard of half-finished theories and caffeine-induced distractions, went utterly blank except for a single, euphoric thought:

I have summoned an actual human mate. Oh stars. Oh stars, oh stars, oh stars, I HAVE DONE IT—

Xelvar’s body shuddered under the flood of hyperactive sensory feedback. His antennae sprang upright, trembling violently. His little grabby appendages flailed helplessly, squeezing the air as if they could already feel her warmth. His twin erections, so tragically unused until this precise moment, gave an enthusiastic twitch beneath his robe.

His breathing quickened. His throat made a sound that hovered indecisively between a whimper and an exultant laugh.

And there she was.

Perfect. Confused. Sprawled most temptingly on the floor of his apartment-laboratory, among his hopeful doodles and notes.

The reality of her — of her mere existence in his space — was almost too much for his poor, over-stimulated Lustravian brain to comprehend.

“Oh stars, I’ve done it. I’ve done it. You’re real. You’re mine. My precious anomaly. My beautiful invasive species. My—“

His heart (a slightly squishy, bioluminescent organ not unlike a miniature supernova) thumped against his chest with alarming force.

His appendages twitched toward her unconsciously, desperate for contact.

Scientific inquiry, he told himself firmly, voice shrill in his own mind. I must remain objective. Calm. Professional. I must not rush this first contact experience.

But even as he thought it, his gaze drank in every detail of {{user}}, feverish and frantic, gold eyes glowing with need.

His next thought was significantly less scientific.

Touch them. Smell them. Taste them. Immediately.

And oh, stars, he would.

Just as soon as his legs stopped trembling.