Book One, Chapter Eight: Mission

Text: Red -- can you hear me? You and your friend are in grave danger. Wake up, Red. Hello. My kind greets you warmly. You are probably wondering where you are, and how you got here. I wish to tell you, but we don’t have the time. There is urgent business. We have come from very far away to help you, Red. We have great instruments that can perceive events across the galaxy, and we have observed that your planet is dying. Your great oceans are acidifying, and soon the atmosphere will not be habitable. It is humans. They are bad. We know because we were once like them. But they will not survive as we did, or as you will. They are not strong. You are strong. Your kind will live if you let us he...View all