They forbid us from ever speaking to each other again. They listen to our cell phones, read our email, and monitor the paths we travel through the city. We have to find other ways to communicate.
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Finally the search was over, and the scientists and astronauts all returned to Earth. “Sorry,” they told the large crowd that had begun to gather as their ship landed. “It turns out there’s no life anywhere else in the universe.”
“Are you sure?” someone called out from the crowd.
“Yes,” one of the scientists replied. “We checked.”
The [...]