…Come to think of it, we do recall a particular
guest. We believe that was before you.
Always come and go as he pleases, that one.

Anyway, we heard others like you refer to him as
“The Tall-Tales Man." If this is the right time, he
might be around somewhere. A human person.
We assume you know him.


» Hey, I may be human, but I couldn't
possibly know everyone on earth.
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» Never heard of him.
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» I might. That does remind me of someone.

 

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A human, and from Earth, you say. We know that one.
Next you are going to tell us how you actually are from
the First Stone Ship and that the Old Earth is always the
One and Only Earth as well, we presume?

…Pardon our response; others like you would say the
same things whenever the word ‘human’ was brought
up. And we assure you, it has been overdone.


» You don't believe I'm human?
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» But I am of the planet Earth…and is a human.
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» I wasn't telling jokes.
If not human, what else would I be?

 

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We never said that we did not believe in your humanity.
…But it did come out that way, was it not? We apologise.

Still, if by chance everything that you claim is true—


» Then what?
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» Just asking, no offense taken.
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» Is this such a big deal?

 

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…Then it would change everything. Or absolutely
nothing. All in all, we believe the latter would be
the case—For us, anyway.

We see now that you might not have much time left.
Please, do—or say what you will. Your time is slipping away.


» I…see.
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» What's that supposed to mean?
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» Alright, then…

 

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Perhaps we just feel safer with the history that
has been more or less agreed upon, so our first instinct
was to deny any conflicting ...possibilities. We apologise.


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Is that so? That was just a guess.


» Oh.

 

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...Ah. We forgot that you and I are not speaking the
same language—using the interpreter will do that to you.

You may find that a lot of us use “we” as a singular "I."
Historically, “we” here refers to the "I,” who speaks, and the
"mind,” which thinks. We could imagine that this may cause confusion, but it is much simpler when you do not
think about it.


» That makes sense.
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» I'll probably get used to it with time.
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» I see.

 

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