LONELINESS

PERIMETER PONDS , VISION.
  SIR WE'VE DETECTED A SIGNAL APPROACHING OUR QUADRANT .
 WHAT TYPE OFFICER?
AN OLD ELECTRONIC WAVE .
OURS ?
NO SIR , IT'S DEFINITELY COMING FROM A SMALL , SLOW CRAFT.
TAKE US TO IT HELM .
WHAT A JALOPY WE HAVE HERE .
BRING IT IN FOR STUDY .
YES SIR .

WELL? WHAT DID YOU ENGINEERS FIND ?
WELL CAPTAIN , IT'S A DEEP SPACE CONTACT PROBE .
IT CONTAINS VARIOUS MEDIA TO HELP IDENTIFY IT'S HOME BASE.
AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
WELL IT INDICATES A PLANET THIRD FROM A STAR , IT ALSO HAS INSCRIBED DRAWINGS OF HOMINIDS , MUCH LIKE US .
ANYTHING ELSE ?
THE ONLY PIECE THE COMPUTERS CAN UNDERSTAND IS A RHYTHM , THIS RHYTHM THEY SAY MUST ACTUALLY BE THE SOUND OF LONELINESS .
HOW AND WHY LONELINESS ?
WELL THE GROOVES ON THIS GOLD PLATED DISK WHEN TRACKED , ARE OF A HAUNTING NATURE , IT DOESN'T CONTAIN STRUCTURED LANGUAGE JUST THIS LONELY HUMMING AND STRUMMING OF AN INSTRUMENT .
MAY I HEAR IT?
UP NOW SIR .
A SLOW AND AIMLESS TUNE ENVELOPS THE LABORATORY .
YOU CAN SENSE THIS POOR CREATURES PAIN .
WE'VE GOT TO SAVE HIM .
FIND THE PLANET , AND HEAD STRAIGHT FOR IT . WE MIGHT BE TO LATE .
YES SIR.

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