"Tell a story!"
"There once was, on distant Earth-"
"No, a real story!"
"Hush. Earth was real, and full of children asking for stories, just like you."
"Really?"
"Really. They looked different, back then, but they, too, loved stories."
"So they were people?"
"They were people."
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A raven sat watching the raging battle. Another landed beside it, saying "Sorry I'm late. Who's winning?"
"We are."
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"Yeah, so I found out my new house is haunted."
"You know who you should call? Ghostbusters!"
"Oh? Do they have an email address?"
"Just call them!"
"Ah. Can I text them?"
"No, just call them."
"Um. Never said I minded the ghost. It's not that bad."
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The message played from every radio, in the local language:
"Greetings, beings of Earth. We come in peace, as representatives... Um. We apologise for visiting unannounced, but... Um. Shall we return later, when you have finished your, er, arguments? Um. And tidied up? Yes?"
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The person appeared out of nowhere.
"Hell," they said, "I come from the future."
"Uh. It's 'hello'," I said, "also, what? Have you come to change the past?"
"Well, imagine you were me. What could you change now to improve the future?"
"Oh, there are lots of-"
"So bloody do it!"
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Long after humanity had Sublimated and left the physical plane, the interstellar route interchanges they set up still served coffee in their memory.
The ritual phrase "This is vile" would be uttered on tasting it.
"Keeps you going, though," was the ritual response.
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“Leaving the Bay Area is the best thing you can do right now, if you have a dream.” - https://sf.curbed.com/2019/1/30/18196549/san-francisco-everyone-leaving-first-person-migration-california

"If devils are fallen angels," he said, "you're basically the same."
The devil and the angel looked at each other.
"Humans," the angel said with a sigh.
"They're all the same," the devil said with a roll of its eyes.
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