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.”
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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.”