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FICTIONAL ESSAY
Humans Under Observation — A Writing Challenge
A brief observation of a potentially contagious species
Place: Planet Earth
Period: 7 days (Earth time)
Subject: Humans / Earthlings
These are the summaries of our observations
Earthlings are a complex species.
They are afraid of things they don’t understand. Things they cannot control.
Our first contact resulted in chaos. They asked us many questions. Yet, they didn’t believe a single answer we provided.
We have concluded that Earthlings lie. A lot. They cannot trust other beings, just as they cannot trust one another.
They ask many questions but rarely give straight answers themselves. They are afraid. Of us.
We have moved our ship away from Earth’s surface and stationed it outside their atmosphere. This was because they were threatening to shoot us with their missiles.
We came in peace. But they treated us like beasts.
Fortunately, the observation devices planted across the planet were functioning properly.
