Worlds Apart (Threecon)

Praxiteles Mercouri known to his friends as Prax has spent his whole life on the plains of the planet Celadon. He knows nothing of technology; his nomadic people travel in huge wagons pulled by enormous beasts native to Celadon. His culture is based on clans duty and obligation.Rishi Trahn lives on Subidar a much more populous world with a much higher level of technology. Rishi the only survivor of her family has inherited her familys very profitable trading company. On a trip to check up on her business she travels to Celadon. While sightseeing she is able to avert a disaster for Praxs clan. In the ensuing celebration Rishi overdoes the potent local wine and causes a crisis for the clan she saved. As a result Prax ends up travelling back to Subidar with her but he is a man lost in a maze of a foreign culture and unknown technology. Rishi meanwhile feels terrible for taking him away from his people. But not so terrible that she wants to send him back.