“Don't be a
part of the problem. Be a part of the solution.”
Archimedes*
#quote
Today I had fun
playing video games and and reading stuff on the Internet and stuff,
but unfortunately seizures were up. Probably because I did so much
stuff over the weekend. Anyway onto the flash fiction!
Two Ways To
Go About It
One human and
one alien were talking to each other. Awhile back the species met and
language exchange happened, but still everyone was getting used to
each other.
These two
talked about the most crowing achievement for the start of their
species, reaching the Moon. (Or rather a moon, as the alien planet
had two). The human shared his version while the two hung out in the
lunch room. The alien shared his.
“We built a
stairway you see,” The alien explained.
“A stairway!?
To your moon? That's crazy!” The human replied.
“I know, but
the entire world worked together to build it. The stairway never
reached our lowest moon though so we built a cannon on top and shot
someone to the moon.”
“How'd they
get back?”
“They didn't.
This was a conversation about our stories of when our species got
someone to the moon first. Not necessarily alive. We had myths there
would be people up there to help him. We eventually got it right
though.”
The human and
alien continued to talk. The interaction was much more peaceful than
most people think meetings between to vastly different species would
be. Mostly because each species profited from coexisting on a large
scale so not a single war or major political scuffle broke out. The
businesses wouldn't have it. Hopefully peace stays profitable though.
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