In the stables of Beastkeeper Taruca was an excited hive of Throdama. Cocoa Foresta had been following a series of otherworldly anomalies while the vast majority of the other beasts were preoccupied reenacting rock and roll mystery stories.

There were a handful of them at the moment because of the sudden increase of the dragon population in the stables, and unless Taruca would gift or trade away many of the dragon kids the moment they reached maturity, there wouldn't be much room to grow outside of applying a stable expansion scroll.

For the moment, the Throdama were repeating a single word, and that word was "CERES".

None of the other beast neighbors knew what Ceres was all about. A new place beyond Europa? A potential name for an upcoming beast? Whatever the reasons, Cocoa, MOSQUITO, and the rest of the small hive were too preoccupied gathering materials for future larva and questing to speak anything more about "Ceres", whatever that is.

All eyes were on the potential arrival of the Kami, a breed of Hoppers that had not been sighted in the world of Europa for many, many years.

"Sorry, there's no Kami sightings to speak of," spoke the griffin Black Diamond. "I did hear that our Beastlord has made a very peculiar off-world discovery."

"Maybe that is why she gave us griffins names like Five Card Stud or Flaming Youth," spoke up a griffin.

"That may be the case, Space Invader," said Black Diamond. "Every naming day it's all about the noble ballads she's been fascinated about."

"I notice that a lot of the dragons have been given to other Beastlords, sent to the Pound, or were sent through the State Portal," said Soul Star. "Perhaps Taruca is trying to spread some joy within Beastopia when she can?"

"Who knows, Soul Star? Sometimes it's a building blueprint, and other times a vital material for the construction of the building. At least the Throdama haven't been buzzing like crazy since Quantum's hatching day," said Space Invader.