The hunt for the "Wildflower" began. It was the universe's strangest, most high-stakes scavenger hunt. The only clue they had was a single, cryptic word from a being made of time and riddles. It wasn't much to go on.
Their first and best hope was the massive library of data they had inherited from their old enemy, Lord Valerius. He had been obsessed with the Precursors, and his secret files were filled with millions of years of their history, technology, and secrets. If the term "Wildflower" existed anywhere, it would be in there.
The job of digging through this cosmic haystack fell to Zara. For her, it was like being locked in the universe's biggest and best library. She was in heaven. She set herself up in her lab, surrounded by a dozen holographic screens, each one scrolling with ancient, alien text. She had enough coffee to keep a small moon awake for a month, and a very serious "Do Not Disturb" sign on her door.
