Back | Next
Contents

1.5

Post-Encounter Deposition

Brother Michael Jablonski

Prior, St. Joseph of Cupertion’s

Monastery, Luna


Were I a more suspicious man I might opine: these Beings know more than they’re saying, and withhold for a purpose. Or perhaps my approach was simply rude to them, as if they had bombarded me with queries about noxious body fluids and their possible uses. In any case, theology seemed a subject that, for them, is easily exhausted, and perhaps obscene. Still, some of the most religious humans known to me are astronomers, and cosmologists in particular.


Michael: “Does the universe have an ending?”

Beings: “Yes!”

Michael: “Is it soon?”

Beings: “Definitely not.”

Michael: “Does the universe have a purpose?”

Beings: “Yes!”

Michael: “How do you know?”

Beings: “Difficult to explain.”

Michael: “Can you try?”

Beings: “The substrate is . . . marked.”

Michael: “Marked how?”

Beings: “Difficult to explain.”

***

Michael: “What is the purpose of the universe?”

Beings: “Disallowed.”

Michael: “Does that mean you don’t know?”

Beings: “Difficult to explain.”

Michael: “Is it like the future?

Beings: “Hello! This message is a transmission! We are so glad you made it.”


Back | Next
Framed