Jack of Harts

Contact gave us many questions we had avoided for centuries. Millennia. But most of us did not ask them. We were content with our bread and circuses. Our entertainments. Most of us listened to the calming words of politicians and news anchors. Most of us went on about our lives as normal, accepting the existence of extraterrestrial life with little more than a nod. For most of us, the worlds did not change beyond having access to a few more technological toys derived from alien technologies. Life went on and ever on, with only slight changes to accommodate newer ripples. But alien life was no minor ripple in the stream of life.