Seeran walked away with his group following close behind. They had just left Pilot Merrick's home.
They had all seen the mated pairs together when they had first arrived on the planet. It shocked them all to see all the happy couples. It also gave them hope. Their race had difficulty finding their mates. As years passed, more and more of their people were left without a mate.
The possibility that they had a mate waiting for them somewhere out there gave them hope. It was a hope for their people's future. Because of how difficult it was to conceive without a fated mate, their race was dying. Only those with a partner could have children. Sometimes it would happen, but it would take years or even decades to conceive. The ease of finding a mate among the humans of the planet was the salvation of their own race.
