— So somehow, the laws of physics are different in your part of the Galaxy?
— Absolutely! They're different almost everywhere.
— But then how are they laws?
— Good question. May I have another sip of this….
He climbed into the alien craft. It was far beyond his understanding — he reckoned the symbols probably explained where he was, and what did what, but he was never the linguist. But he was an opportunist, and this was an opportunity — steal this extraterrestrial technology, harness it, and potentially become the most powerful — and definitely the…
The signal had travelled 26 light years. Four notes, over five seconds. Beatriz heard it first.
They listened back to it. It was faint, but she found it familiar. The pattern changed. The four notes repeated once, then the key changed and that repeated before disappearing. They both listened a few times, baffled.
I believe they will come back to me again. Out here, in the woods, late one night. My friends don’t believe I met them; they say it’s because I did too many shrooms that night, but I know what happened. I’ve had good experiences and bad experiences on shrooms before, but this wasn’t like anything I ever experienced before. It was truly transcendent