Daughter of Elysium
A Clicker "goddess" from an environmentally unstable tribal planet, Raincloud has come at the request of Elysium's leaders, who urgently need her linguistic and diplomatic skills to help avert an impending war with the Urulites. It is scientific knowledge that attracts her husband, Blackbear, to this strange, incomprehensible city. For he wishes to share with his own people the Elysians' greatest achievement--immortality.