A gigantic spaceship entered the solar system and orbited Earth:
“Hello, Earthlings! We’ve come from afar!”
“How do you know English?” asked One-Earth Space Command.
“We’ve analyzed your broadcasts …”
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An alien ambassador sat down with a delegation of Earth scientists to answer questions:
“How did you survive the journey?” asked a cosmologist.
“We harvested building and fueling resources from asteroids, planets, and comets.”
“But how did you eat and drink?” asked an exobiologist. “Surely you needed sustenance.”
“Well …” The ambassador peeled a synthetic skin. “We uploaded our consciousness. There’s no way as organics we could’ve survived the trip!”