Foresting

Foresting has two possible meanings: 1. The project of detoxing an area of land by planting successive kinds of forest on it. The last stage is food-producing and can bear large animals. This aspect of foresting is usually carried out by tertons before they become doulas. 2. Also the act of tending the forest and harvesting biomass from it. This is the principal task of young hanas before they go carouseling. Foresting is extremely important since all the raw biomass, the sugars, starches, aromatics, amino acids and exotic compounds that fill the crackerbox come from this source. Collecting is carried out by patrolling the airwalks. These are smart net walkways spread between the trees that catch faling fruits, leaves and other debris. Unusable matter is sniffed out by the net and when detected the bonds of the piece of net hodling it dissolve, causing it to fall to the ground; the net then heals up again. While the net is healing, tightwires provide access, which is why tightwiring is an essential forester skill.

Those hanas who find foresting unappealing can become dog taskers or goodspeeders, or might even skip this stage altogether and head out for the carousel.