Vanz Kerrigan looked down at Janessa Kepshawn’s serene sleeping face. He looked at the others. They too looked peaceful in their slumber.
“What did you do to them?” asked Kerrigan.
“They are in the mind trap,” said High.
“The mind trap will show them what they desire most,” said Deep.
“It was hard for us to understand the human mind,” said High.
“It is such a lonely isolated thing,” said Deep.
“Now they all dream together,” said High.
“Even if their minds make their dreams separate,” said Deep.
“Even if they see the falsehood of the dream they can not escape because the others that still dream will draw them back in,” said High.
“A new dream will form to take the place of the old one soon after it is perceived,” said Deep.
“Come now there is work to be done,” said High.
“We must signal the fleet that it is safe to approach,” said Deep.
The aliens skittered out of the common hall and Kerrigan followed. On the way out he asked them a question.
“The Veggs Morv’tika,” he said, “When you showed me them, in my mind… I could see them in your mind. It was like… You see them as gods?”
High and Deep stopped and looked back at Kerrigan.
“Gods,” said High, “beings that exist on a level far above you and are worshiped for their power to cause either fortune or destruction.”
“Yes,” said Deep, “the Veggs Morv’tika are like gods to us.”
“But they are not unseen ethereal creatures,” said High.
“They are physical beings with an observable effect on the universe,” said Deep.
“We can only aspire to one day know the perfection they have achieved,” said High.
“In the meantime we serve them so that we may be closer to their greatness,” said Deep.
“That reminds me of something a girl said to me yesterday,” said Kerrigan, “was it yesterday? It already feels like such a long time ago. I always thought of her as young and naïve. But it turns out she knows me better than anyone. I never believed in god you know. When I was a boy I thought, how could god exist in this world? When I got older I thought if there is a god he is too busy doing godly things to give a damn about any of us.”
“We hypothesize that it is possible the universe was created by an intelligent force,” said High, “but it is most likely no longer actively present in this universe.”
“That is the closest thing we have to your concept of spirituality,” said Deep.
“We are scientists Mr. Kerrigan,” said High.
“So before we return to our ship and begin preparation for management procedures we would like go somewhere,” said Deep.
“Please take us to the kite fighter bay,” said High.
“We would like to take a closer look at some of this wonderful Raath weapons technology,” said Deep.
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