Loongunis need constant changes to thrive, while the strange-haired Earthmen hate the endless moving around. When a sabotage impairs the shift engines of their traveling Box, the forced immobility might drive all Loongunis mad... unless their translator can work out a solution! Science fiction adventure at its best, told by multiple award-winning author Michèle Laframboise. If you like first-contact situations featuring an alien POV, this one is for you! A chunky 7000-word SF story. * "The author does a good job narrating from the point of view of an alien who thinks in very different ways from a human." --Tangent Online "...the psychological and mathematical elements of the tale come even more to the fore and they are quite interesting." -- Featured Futures