In this story collection, an intelligent cat engages in a battle of wits with the lord who holds dominion over his animon servants, a world-class swimmer tries to win a medal in the first interplanetary Olympics to atone for her sister's drowning, and a former soldier tries to bring in the vote for his battle buddy--but winds up lost in underspace. People in various shapes struggle with their pasts and their principles to make the world right. Or righter than it is. How far will they go? And what shape will their worlds, personal and galactic, take when they're done?