Beneath the emblem was a pale blue rectangle with black letters in the same, out of date, font as the emblem. Aguuuu had set some food on a table. Sex I think it was several hours. They were obviously very agitated and were screeching and trilling loudly both to each other and at me. The mission status is still GO so I will now return to my stasis pod until tomorrow.”
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The screen faded. When I awoke, I was lying in a furry depression… It is one of the few words you speak that he can understand.’
“Contact then went on to explain that the Bluuuur were building a contact ship of their own to return to earth. I was very surprised at how warm his beak was. There was also audio, but all I could make out was various screeches and squawks. As the shell dried out, the egg became harder and harder until it was a very solid sphere lodged between us in the nest. “My name is ‘Contact,’” he said. It is even harder to imagine that the next time I awake, over ten years will have passed on earth and I will be approaching a possible life-containing planet.
