He feels that he has no reason to live, being physically broken and mentally scarred. Acorna is the first Linyaari he meets on his arrival and she does not shrink from his hornlessness as the other Linyaari cannot help doing. Although he is attracted to her, he believes that she is much too good for him. After time spent together and many adventures, including a Khleevi nearly killing her, the feelings they have for each other emerge, but they are both shy. When they make it back to the Moon Of Opportunity, the children there use holograms to have them admit their feelings. In the next book," Acorna's Search", Aari is kidnapped by a member of an ancient race of time travelers, called Grimalkin. Acorna follows them through time and space until, in the last book, "Acorna's Triumph", she and Aari are reunited.