"This planet's ecosystem really is different…" she murmured, admiring the wall's texture.
She continued until the fence surrounded her hut in a neat oval. It wasn't very high, just up to her chest, but strong enough to deter small beasts. She even left a small section near the front for a makeshift gate. Using leftover bamboo poles, she built a simple frame tied together with fiber ropes. She fitted it with a latch made from curved branches.
When she stepped back to look at her handiwork, she smiled faintly. The once-bare clearing was now a small homestead, tidy and secure. For the first time since she arrived on Planet Rhino, she felt something close to peace.
That evening, she lit a small fire in her stone pit and sat cross-legged beside it, roasting the remaining vegetables she had gathered earlier. Her bamboo hut glowed softly under the starlit sky, casting dancing shadows through the gaps in the fence.
