Jak wiped sweat off his forehead. "Is there anything else you wanted to show us?"

I thought. "I'm trying to recreate the old Haven environment in another room, if you're interested."

"Ooh, Jak. Do you think she has Sweetie trees?" Daxter tapped his digits on Jak's shoulder. "Do you have Sweetie trees, doc?"

"Yes, I do."

"All right!"

"I had to tinker with the genes of the living ancestors," I said, walking around the perimeter of the room to the next door. The walls were made of blurry glass, so one environment's light could not affect its neighbor's. "I found a few Sweetie trees at the edge of Dead Town, in Haven, before it was ravaged by hurricanes. There were also a few specimens in Old Atena." I whispered a password and the door opened. "That's in Perpetua." Jak shrugged at me. "I'll explain world geography to you later," I rolled my eyes. "This is another Acclimation Room."

We squeezed in and all took a deep breath. The air was a pleasant humidity and comfortably warm. The second set of glass doors opened and Jak stepped out onto the white sand.

"Holy yakkow..." Daxter's eyes widened. The room, much smaller than the one we had left, was naturally illuminated by the sun above.

"Sandover!" The Glakkickh shut his eyes. "It smells like home."

Sweetie trees, their nearly identical palm tree cousins, and short grasses grew in half the room. Butterflies flitted around the area. A tiny, painfully expensive green eco fountain bubbled in the middle. Beyond it were the species I had managed to scrape up from what I believed was an ancient swampy area. The carnivorous plants and Slithy trees grew in murky water. A fanged fish poked its head up lazily, eyed us, and dove back down between the roots.

"There aren't any Lurker sharks in there, are there?" Daxter rolled around in the sand. "I never wanna leave!"

"No. No Lurkers." I walked up to a Sweetie tree. "I suppose you'd like one of these." I gripped its branchless trunk and prepared to shake it.

"Let me!" Daxter ran up and shook the trunk with all his might. A few Sweetie fruits dropped from the giant leaves above. "Whee-hee!" He crammed them into his mouth. "Feyre gusht ash goot ash I 'amemblugh!"

Jak laughed and fought Daxter for the last one. I watched as they tumbled in the sand, collapsing countless sand flea nests in the process. Fishing into my subspace compartment, I pulled out my water flask.

"Mammals," I said, taking a drink.

They turned, looked at me incredulously, and continued fighting. Jak finally held it up in victory, grinned, dusted off the sand that had settled into its pitted surface, and shoved it into his mouth. "Mar, I mish dat."

"Not all of Haven is useless," I said lazily. "Now, if you can bother to use your imaginations, I've tried to recreate about fifty ancient and current environments in this greenhouse. And you haven't even seen the lab." Jak shook the Sweetie tree and more fruits fell. "Save some, please, or I won't be able to ensure their survival."

"Think Keira would like a few?" Jak pocketed half the fruits.

"Yeah." Daxter peeled a Sweetie fruit and bit into it. "No, wait, we should make her pay for them! I bet we'd get a sweet price offa these! Heh, sweet price, get it?"

I scowled. "Any profits you make would be kindly returned to the lab, please."

"Ehh..." Daxter did his best to tune me out.

"As I was saying, I've got environments here from all around this part of the world. There are things out there you haven't dreamed of."

"That's a scary thought," Daxter said. "Goatee-boy here gets nightmares constantly."

I sighed and pushed myself off the ground. "Let's get down to the boat." They reluctantly followed. In the Acclimation Room I pried Daxter's paws apart. "You can't take indigenous species with you!"

With several impolite comments he turned and released the jeweled butterfly. Jak put his hand to the door as it slid shut, blurring the tiny utopia beyond. He sighed. "Thanks, Thrinaxia."

"Don't mention it." The second set of doors opened and hot air hit us. We held our breaths and ran through the crassula room. I pounded the exit code and within a minute we were down the stairs and back outside.