
But you are Shadow Stalker and you are not prey and you know you found a way. It's a school day and you don't even know how you got back home last night. You've never had either and you are so, so tired. You wake, your eyes opening with effort against what appears to be a shiner from hell and a…hangover? No, a concussion. Losing this capability, among individuals of this species, reduces them below their much heralded position, and readies the climate for the likely fall of man, the fall from grace."

All mammals understand love and affection, but only man shows the propensity to place himself into the shoes of another life-form. It is most certainly the ability to empathize that gives them their position. If you wish to find that which becomes the dividing line between mankind and other biological classifications, it rests not in brain size, dominance, or even emotional capability, but lies in the unique capacity for human beings to reflect on their actions and show regret. "The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature, capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty. And Earth-Bet is laid on a new course, hopefully a better one. In this story, through unspecified HALPING, Sophia and Taylor find themselves in each other's bodies.

I've been writing for several years, made a bit of money off it.I wanted to share an idea with you all. This is my first appearance on SB and also my first completed.anything within the Worm fandom.
