"Try making some other life from your planet, and some from mine? I can kill things you make so they don't become invasive." She names half a dozen more insects, and a local species of rabbit.

"...What would be really interesting is if I could somehow get to orbit without, you know, dying. We could see if the stream is still anchored to the planet and rotating with it. If I try to make something, whether it flies away at high speed before I'm done because of the orbital velocity thing."