All Mimsy Were the Borogoves (short story)

All Mimsy Were the Borogroves was the first story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology Nobody's Children. It was written by Kate Orman.

Summary
Bernice Summerfield's vacation on Phaaag Zenbrou is interrupted when Mim diplomat Lwpha seeks her help in saving the Mim's children from Draconian forces who have annexed the colony world of Proxima Longissima as part of ongoing war efforts.

Plot
Holidaying on the vacation planet Phaaag Zenbrou, Bernice and Jason enjoy an intimate session together while Peter is being looked after by his grandfather, Isaac. Unbeknown to the pair of them they are being observed by a Mim shapeshifter, Lwpha, who later introduces themself to Bernice as a diplomat who seeks her assistance in rescuing the Mim's children from the colony world Proxima Longissima which has been overrun by Draconian forces.

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Characters

 * Lwpha
 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Jason Kane
 * Isaac Summerfield
 * Peter Summerfield
 * Jekhet
 * Jarith Kothar
 * Cheset
 * Spong

Continuity

 * Every living thing on the Mimsphere was destroyed. (AUDIO: Freedom of Information)
 * Bernice refers to her and Jason's hypothetical future child as "Keith" or "Keithette", and later recalls the events of her previous interaction with her child Keith from the future. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad)
 * Jarith Kothar was the Draconian ambassador. (AUDIO: The Judas Gift, AUDIO: Freedom of Information)
 * Lwpha compared leaving their children to the Draconians to Bernice leaving Peter Summerfield to the Fifth Axis. (PROSE: The Fall, et al.)