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Torpor alcoves

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I've mentioned before that homes on orbital colonies are transportable modules that are semi-permanently attached to the colony via an airlock. Homes on Welkinstead are condominiums or apartments, integrated into the structure of the city and either rented or purchased, probably leased long-term from the city rather than bought outright.

Yinrih don't have bedrooms. They pass their torpor in closet-sized alcoves. In large families of 12 parents and upwards of 20 pups, there is a separate quiet room or hall with torpor alcoves lining the walls. the entrances aren't directly accessible from the ground, they're on a narrow mezzanine or simply float off the floor and are accessed by climbing or leaping. More modest homes simply have the alcoves lining a hallway. Others may have the alcoves in a larger common room which may have attached bathrooms and showers. Because yinrih are both shorter than humans and excellent climbers, this pattern of public space below and more private space above is seen throughout the home, even in what humans would call a one story house.

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