I've never seen Hundred Stories, but I vaguely recall seeing a 2-page spread in Newtype once. I'd have to agree that this is a marvelously indirect way of explaining their presence without actually explaining it, as it were. And as usual, you've done more with a pair of scenes than I could in half a mile of exposition. Nice one.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.