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has been terminated. Please exit now. Thank you for coming. Have a nice day.”
“Wilks! Help me!” Billie screamed.
Then the sound faded and the wall went totally dark, and she was gone.
Wilks leaned away from the wall. He stared at his hands. “Sorry, kid,” he whispered. “I’m
sorry.”
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Excerpts from the script of the top-secret audiovisual presentation “Theory of Alien
Propagation,” by Waidslaw Qrona, Ph.D.
Note: This script/compgen AV recording is/are classified military document(s) and require a
clearance of A-l/a for reading/viewing. Penalties for illegal uses of this/these document(s) may
include Full Brain Reconstruction and/or a fine of up to Cr. 100,000, and/or imprisonment in a
Federated Penal Colony for up to twenty-five years.

FADE IN:

COMPUTER GEN PIX: Deep space, a b.g. of stars. Centered is AN ALIEN, sideview,
curled into a fetallike ball. MUSIC PLAYS: Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries.”

V.O.
Humans suffer from self-centered notions as to the nature of life.

The Alien slowly uncurls. MUSICAL STING.

V.O. (CONT.)
Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our own, including
logic and morality.

The Alien is uncurled in its full glory now. Slowly it rotates to face the camera. MUSIC
CONTINUES OVER.

V.O. (CONT.)
Even among humans, morality is ignored when expedient. Why should we expect more from an
alien life form than we demand from ourselves?

The Alien stretches out its arms and legs and tail so that it becomes a parody of the
man’s-reach-should-equal-his-height illustration by Da Vinci. PUSH IN SLOWLY. The Alien
expands to fill the screen.

V.O. (CONT.)
If we know nothing else, we must know this about aliens: First, they will not be like us. Second,
truly understanding them will be almost impossible.

THE ALIEN

fills the screen; DIAL DOWN MUSIC and PUSH THROUGH TO BLACK.

CUT TO:
 EXT ALIEN WORLD—DAY—ESTABLISHING
Here is a bleak, rocky planet. Very little greenery, vast stretches of nothing.