You know that sharks don’t get cancer right? I always wondered if the companies making all those expensive cancer treatments knew about that. Well, then the Peloran came, and their treatments cured it. I hear the drug companies were real shocked the Peloran didn’t charge us for that service. Of course, what with the war and all, we did pay for the treatments in a manner of speaking.
Lots of people are conspiracy theorists on everything from “who shot Kennedy” to “did President Smith let the Shang attack Yosemite Yards?” They see a conspiracy behind every action they don’t like. Well, the way I see, there’s always some group of people conspiring to make things better for themselves. The problem’s the ones who conspire to hurt others. Them I take a real joy in shootin’.
We sometimes think we are masters of the universe, flying where we want when we want, and that nothing can stop us. Well, I’ve seen a single solar flare burn out anything more advanced than a vacuum tube on an entire planet. A star burped and an entire planetary civilization fell on itself in hours. Total chaos. We live on the sufferance of the stars. The stars can end us real easy.
After the Shang attacked, I joined the military and I fought. When it was over, I retired. You see, I cared about my fellow soldiers. But the government don’t care about the person, about you and me. The bigger they are, the less of us they see and the less of us they care about. They saw a number, not me. Now I see to myself. And if you make it worth my while, I’ll see to you too.
You know the Peloran don’t age either. They grow up and then…stop. To us, it’s the thing of legends and ancient stories. To the Peloran, it’s normal. The way things should be. The way they were created. They can’t imagine how we deal with knowing that our days are literally numbered. The really scary thing? Sometimes I understand them better than my own people.
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