Outside the Standard

Standard says he is expendable. Standard says she is a waste. When Bai Yun fell from the cliff of the rift valley, there was only half a tooth-hard moss cake in his arms. He squatted in front of the gray-white cub huddled in the blue moss, broke off half of it, and pushed it forward half an inch. She opened her golden eyes and said, "Go away." My stomach growled. Two creatures kicked out by the rules, a contract that does not require words. He climbed up from the cage, and she opened her eyes from the darkness.