Blues and Reds

These are the colors of home

Image created on Midjourney

Nina missed the blues and reds of home—specifically the blue jays and cardinals that used to visit her feeder.

She had known when she emigrated from Earth to New Sealand that the world had no native birds. Its natural colors were also dull in comparison to those found on Earth. The government was doing a study to see if a few E…