The Alien.
? On my way, I heard moans. Someone was in pain. I followed the moans and entered the bushes. The moans came from under a tree and there was a weird creature, not like any species I have ever seen.
It was grey, without fur, had a long and thick tail, big head (no mouth, ears or nose, but had two big closed eyes), thin body and arms, strong and long legs, four fingers on each hand, three on each feet. It moaned in pain; a huge amount of ants was covering it's body.
I went to it and moved it to a cave, then took the ants away from his body. It's moan stopped. I took a curious sniff at it and was surprised to know that it had no smell. I couldn't tell it's species. Also, it had no genitals, só I couldn't tell it's gender either.
It moved and I stared. The strange creature placed it's right hand over my forehead. "Hi, little Yure", I heard in my head.
Do you use telepathy? - I asked, impressed.
No response. "I guess I need to think instead of talking", I thought. "Exactly", the voice replied. I was stunned. "Where you came from?", I asked. "From beyond the stars of your galaxy", it answered, "Thank you for helping me". "So, you are some sort of 'alien'?", I asked. "For you, I'm an alien. For me, you are the alien", it replied, "You are ethnocentric". I blushed, embarassed. "Sorry", I thought. "No problem, little Yure", it said, "I want to help you, as a pay back for saving me from the ants. I noticed a question tormenting your heart. You are no longer sure of your sexuality." I blushed heavily. "That's personal stuff!", I thought. "From where I came, there's no 'personal stuff', because we are all tolerant, nothing needs to be hidden. I won't tease you or make you feel bad about yourself." I felt calmer. "Yes... I'm no longer sure of what I am", I thought. "Do you want to know the answer?", it aksed. "Yes", I replied. "Relax now", it instructed. I relaxed and it started to produce a noise in my head. I felt more calm, feeling like listening to earphones. However, the frequence of the left ear was slightly different of the frequence playing on the right side of my head. It synchronized my brain waves, causing me to feel even more calm. I was feeling like I was sleeping, but my senses were still working. I was barely conscious. Soon, not even my senses were working, still the noise was still playing in my mind.
Dear Yure,
listen to my voice.
Let yourself go and get
in touch with your feelings. Let
them come up to the level of my voice.
Bring everything under the sea come to surface.
You are strong, you are smart, you are troubled, you can find
the answer you need to find. You are in the middle of the sea. In the
middle of a boat. You have a suit and unlimited stock of oxigen. You are going
down in the sea. You feel the pressure of the water against your tiny body, you feel scared.
But something keeps assuring you that there's nothing to be scared about. Bring it to surface...
I woke up in a corridor. The weird species was standing at my side.
Yure, welcome to your own mind - said the species, using telepathy.
I looked around. It was quite empty, just a corridor.
Are you calling me dumb? - I asked.
It laughed.
No, silly. Your mind is a dungeon with four big rooms, keeping your four main feelings: happyness, anger, sadness and neutrality.
So... what is my purpose here? - I asked.
Oh, why ask me?
We started to walk around.