My mother needed a sci-fi story in 150 words or more, so I wrote an example for her students. SHe never used it though, but she said it was good. :D
The catlike alien watched the human girl sing to herself. He watched Eliza look at him without fully taking him in. He watched the tears. Stepping out to sit on her left, Jilk threw out a hello to the despondent kid.
She smiled slightly, and ignored the sound of a ship starjumping in, as she was used to it as part of her daily life on her native planet, Earth. She pulled out a fruit bar and broke it in half, offering one piece to her new friend. The Naian sniffed his, then commented that one never got good, real-tasting food those days.
She smiled again, and agreed wordlessly. Jilk nodded, and bit his silently. After a time, filled with awkward silence, Eliza blurted out her name. Jilk replied with his own, thus enlarging this into a conversation that went on for several hours before the mosquitoes descended.
Their lives together would become known across the galaxy, and, eventually, further.
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