Her name was Shiari, or at least that's the closest approximation that our human tongues can pronounce. She was one of many of the planetary beings who came to Earth long ago and, upon seeing the condition it was in (environmental catastrophes, nuclear war, etc.)... offered humanity a way to possibly escape the fate they were seemingly on.
They offered their bodies as our new homes. Each one was roughly the size of Earth, so it was possible. You don't know how your family came to live on Shiari, but she has been a great guide to the descendants of her first settlement. Though she discouraged it, many of the descendants of her first passengers grew to view her as their goddess. And who could blame them? She was aware of our presence (being a seemingly omipotent telepath will do that), protected us, and allowed us to live and thrive amongst her heavenly body.
But despite that, she's a very patient person, gentle to the insignificant passengers who probably cover her entire body as she drifts through space.
Didn't hurt that she was pretty too.
Well, enough stalling...
You awoke in your bed to the 'alarm clock' that was Shiari's voice in your head. "Wake up Alan, time to start the day anew." You heard stories of how the original settlers were a bit unnerved by this at first, the idea that not only were you living on something sentient, but it also knew your name and kept track of you on it's body. But to the subsequent generations it just became apart of life on Planet Shiari.
"How's the day looking so far Madam?" you asked through thought. A light gentle ripple quivered through the city, she found your question to be amusing. "Not too bad, passing through the Ax*Lrxt!alax# Nebula, a region of the cosmos with large amounts of ice planets. So a nice temperature should be on the schedule today." she replied, sounding like she was right THERE in the room. Chuckling you headed over the food replicator, to have some breakfast. As you walked over, Shiari sent you images and numbers and statistics about your health, as well as suggestions for what to eat to stay healthy. Of course this is purely up to you, though the 'planet' was worried about your health.
Another thing that weirded out the initial settlers.
Sighing as the machine made your food, you poured a cup of coffee and looked out the window, overseeing the immense expanse of...
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