The fifth in a new series of checkpoint episodes!  If you’re new to the podcast and want understand what’s happening in May's episodes without going all the way back to the start, jump in at May and the Short Story Structure (Part 1).

In this episode we finally get a chance to explore the lives of the aliens in this sci-fi story. When the latest human sacrifice gets unavoidably delayed, humans and salamanders are forced to spend time in close quarters. Cultures are exchanged, world views are rocked, and I get to spend a lot of time (some would say too much) geeking out over alien bio-tech.