I always welcome a return to the universe around Schoen's Barsk series, where elephant-like Fants and other anthropomorphic creatures formed civilizations in space. This novelette is quite gentle and low-key, just the thing I needed, and deals with repercussions from the novels as a panda-like space station commander copes with a shifting worldview with the help of a capybara-like therapist. The cover of the book depicts this in delightful fashion. ( )