User:RedRabbit1983/A conversation with an alien

A conversation with an alien

Last night I was being greeted by an alien-- "Hello earthling." "What thing are you?" "A visitor from outer space, of course. We've been working with directors on movies for over a century so that you would be prepared for our visit. It's just like the movies, eh?" "It is indeed. It is almost as if... as if I were imagining this, and my mind were full of cliches." "Oh, but it is, for I can read your mind. However that is neither here nor there. This visit is real." "So that wafer of acid I took has nothing to do with this?" "No. Why can't you just accept this is real?" "I need proof of your visit." "But we have selected you. We can't have anyone else knowing about this." "What do you want then?" "I want you to guide humanity away from its path of destruction." "How? You are just a figment of my imagination, the vapour of my brain. When I come out of this trance you will cease to exist." "Really? If I am a figment of your imagination, why are you afraid?" "I don't know. Maybe you are real. Maybe I am not merely inventing you because my life is meaningless. My God!" "What is it?" "This is what it is like to have an epiphany. You are God. You created the amoeban life-forms that evolved into every life-form of this planet." "Yes. And it is time you stop detaining me with trivial matters. I want to tell you a secret. It is very important, and it is extremely dangerous for you to tell anyone about it. Do you understand?" "I think so." "This is not a light matter. You will pay for your transgression with your life if you tell anyone. Do you understand?" "Yes." "The secret is..."