Distorted Perceptions 1: Caldera's Edge

She could only think that she would have been even more thirsty for adventure if she lived on a planet that didn’t want to kill her. The double-door entrance to the building slid suddenly open as she approached. The only thing on the planet that she thought of as truly alien, however, was Olympus Mons. It was beautiful and calming, as if she finally understood something she had been missing her entire life.