A living creature! And it's unlike any other creature you've ever seen or heard about, so your guessing about the testing craft coming from an alien civilization is confirmed.
Well, you think, it's quite understandable that whoever sent the miniature ship into space has placed some lifeform inside it: since this is probably a reduced model of the ships the aliens are planning to use for space travel, they're trying to find out if life is able to survive inside those flying machines. The answer is clearly yes, since the creature inside the craft is moving and producing strange fleeble sounds. But those sounds seem to be moans of pain... well, of course the little being is hurt after that impact! And the tiny space traveller must be dazed, in fact it apparently hasn't noticed your presence outside.
You peer though the glass window for a better look at the creature. Judging from its size (no larger than the smallest of the phalanxes of your fingers), it must be an insect, and it's actually covered by a shining carapace, coloured like the smallest of the Three Suns (that's a mix of purple and orange); the only uncovered part of the body is the head, which is pink on the front and sports an odd tuft of brown hair on the back.
What really seems odd to you about that bug is the fact it has only four limbs, and apparently only a couple eyes on the top of the front part of its head. Well, it's an alien bug, so you shouldn't be surprised if it's different from insects of your planet.
"What should I do now?" you wonder, tenderly cradling the spacecraft in your hands as if it was a baby Ma-Istu.
You know it's your duty, as a good citizen, to carry the alien object and its occupant to the authorities... but you suddenly imagine the little bug being dissected in some lab, an idea which makes you cringe. Sure, it's just a bug, but you has always loved animals, so that you even try to not step on insects while tending to your vegetables, and kill insect only when they're dangerous for your plants.
You think for some moments... what if you carry only the craft to the city, and keep the small traveler a secret? Yes, that seems a good idea; after all, authorities and scientists would be mostly interested in finding a way to communicate with the intelligent race which built the object, a simple bug would be of relatively lesser interest for them.
But once you've decided to not give the bug to authorities, you must face the dilemma of what to do with the tiny creature.
Should you let it free in the forest? That's an unknown environment for the alien bug, could it be able to survive there?
Or should you keep the bug with you and take care of it? You've lived alone so much time, that even the company of a pet bug could turn out pleasant for you. Beside, the insect is certainly a lab specimen, so it must be used to captivity.   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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