Across the stars, healing takes many forms.In AI of the Beholder, the starship SS Scavenger DX-1017 discovers an ancient crystalline intelligence buried beneath the ice of Cycronox 7 - a being once worshiped as a god, now desperate to understand emotion. When Sariel, the Scavenger's sentient AI, reaches out in compassion, she awakens not only the alien's memory but her own capacity for love.In The Fractured World, Admiral Elan Drex leads his crew to Ronka III, a planet divided by politics and fear. As the Alliance turns away, the Prosians and the Scavenger step forward - invoking the ancient Earth principle of Tikkun Olam, the Repair of Worlds. Together they build Nishalt City - Ni + Ashalt, Life and Hope - and spark a renewal that will change both species forever.These companion stories weave science fiction, philosophy, and compassion into a single current - the Flow that unites machine and mind, world and soul."Naikal wa Yavnakok - Reflection creates anew."