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For the most part, their history was passed down orally, parents to offsprings. This pattern was repeated in the subsequent years, and as with all institutions controlled by the mind, the truth was exaggerated or disused. Perhaps writing is the child of truth.

For many years this culture continued, never stopping to record a single name or date. As the culture slowly lost its original foundation, a major breakthrough was made in the field of science. As with all scientific breakthroughs, its potential was immediately realized. Shortly thereafter, everyone began swapping their life for the nonperishable life of a semi-robot.

As with many early civilizations of the Earth, this planet's particular populace believed that the area of digestion was the storage vault of the soul. Due to this fact, many of these people retained the ability to ‘eat.'

As matters progressed, fewer children were born; an increasing number of inhabitants had to ‘replace' their brain due to various decaying diseases. With the passing of time, all was forgotten. As with all ‘Dark Ages,' revitalization eventually became necessary for the culture to obtain an identity.

When revitalization began to take hold on this foundationless society, a great deal of the population began searching for their origins. Their search soon led them to the far-off heavens. They began probing the deepest reaches accessible to them, eventually stumbling upon our earthly galaxy.

Upon observing Earth, the aliens began rejoicing, celebrating. On what basis, I am not sure, there celebration was quite inexplicable. However, they hastily began observing the planet Earth and its inhabitants from the safety of Mars.

What they oversaw was extraordinary, to their eyes. For their kind had never before beheld plant and animal life. They watched in utter astonishment, as dogs chased cats and lions consumed gazelle. At first they were horrified; however, upon closer examination these aliens came to the conclusion that most of this life was ‘unintelligible.'

Their horror was overcome by this realization. Soon their moral codes were updated to include a clause for survival. The alien's interests were soon captivated by the intelligence of the human. As they watched these quaint beings progress in their daily lives, they soon discovered what to us is known as a zoo.

The aliens were most curious about this institution where animals were denied their basic instincts. What was further perplexing was that the humans were nurturing animals that, under ‘normal' circumstances, would slaughter them. The aliens soon came to the conclusion that these animals were somehow significant to the past of the human race.

The aliens struggled to find the correlation between the two groups: animals and humans. Countless nights were spent on the desolate planet of Mars contemplating the relation between them.

Eventually the case was cracked, for nothing can withstand the assault of applied thinking. The aliens determined that there was a natural procession from the simplest life forms to the most eloquent humans. The ultimate correlation was that over a period of time the human race was derived from these simpler beings due to the expected selection of life.

As the aliens observed this procession, the sun began brewing, concocting a storm. Soon lethal doses of radiation were sent towards the heliocentric planets. The aliens were quite unprepared for such a calamity, and soon realized the nature of Earth's magnetosphere.

Then aliens hastily ventured to Earth, but in the process lost the majority of their ‘life' sustaining equipment. These ‘aliens' still required energy to function, so they resorted to their newly-found survival instincts.

Soon flocks of semi-live aliens began feasting upon the life forms of Earth. Nothing could withstand their onslaught. Nothing. The intelligence of the humans soon faltered in the face of these bionic monstrosities. The aliens devoured life like the plague, capturing energy from any source, no matter how minute.

Before long life was a fledgling dot on a once life infested planet.

*Nothing can withstand the assault of applied thinking- Voltaire

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Posted by tarhead 2008-01-14 01:40:21 very good thought process... + Report this comment
Posted by Dirkin 2008-01-14 03:12:18 .... Some interesting concepts here chris. I like the hint that perhaps the aliens, when searching for their origins, found us. + Report this comment

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