Wooded-Forest-Location-Highly-Values-Freedom Hive*, on dint of having the portal open next to them, has rights to 20% of the traded alien fiction, with the remaining 80% going to randomly selected hives across the globe. This is probable to make them very, very rich, so everyone is very excited.
Aliat, a newly-trained transcriber, is even more exited than most for the opportunity! She gets to see all the alien fiction! It’ll be great! She’ll have so much fun, and be so productive, probably! Hopefully.
What alien books are arriving?
*This is slightly less unwieldy in the original language, using only one scent-meaning and two words.
