"Ambassador, while I was out there, I saw something." pause, "What was it?"
Sighs, trying to find the words, "What is this? points to flower on table in front of them.
"An ant."
"Ant." repeats her word.
Sakai smiles as she watches him pick the ant up on his finger, "So much gets shipped up here on earths commercial transports it's hard to keep them out."
"There. I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove." Holds his gloved finger up as ant crawls around on it. "If I put it down again," places fingertip to flower again and lets ant crawl away, "and it asks another ant, 'what was that?!' how would it explain?" pauses thoughtfully, "There are things in this universe billions of years older than either of out races. Vast. Timeless. And if they're aware of us at all it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried. And we have learned that we can either stay out from under foot, or be stepped on."
"Thats it? Thats all you know?" Sakai asks.
"Yes. They are a mystery, and I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the universe. That we have not yet 'explained' everything." smiles, "Whatever they are miss Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957. And they must walk there alone."
G'Kar to Miss Sakai from the television series, Babylon 5.
 Irahatam · Sun Jul 13, 2008 @ 10:13am · 0 Comments |
