by davidcoleman
mmoplayer wrote:
davidcoleman wrote:
I'm minded to think of this:
Catherine Sakai : Ambassador! While I was out there, I saw something. What was it?
G'Kar : [points to a flower with a bug crawling on it] What is this?
Catherine Sakai : An ant.
G'Kar : Ant.
Catherine Sakai : So much gets shipped up from Earth on commercial transports it's hard to keep them out.
G'Kar : Yeah, I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove. If I put it down again, and it asks another ant, "what was that?",
[laughs]
G'Kar : how would it explain? There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They're vast, timeless, and if they're aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know, we've tried, and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on.
Catherine Sakai : That's it? That's all you know?
G'Kar : Yes, they are a mystery. And I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the universe, that we have not yet explained everything. Whatever they are, Miss Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957, and they must walk there alone.
Catherine Sakai : Ambassador! While I was out there, I saw something. What was it?
G'Kar : [points to a flower with a bug crawling on it] What is this?
Catherine Sakai : An ant.
G'Kar : Ant.
Catherine Sakai : So much gets shipped up from Earth on commercial transports it's hard to keep them out.
G'Kar : Yeah, I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove. If I put it down again, and it asks another ant, "what was that?",
[laughs]
G'Kar : how would it explain? There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They're vast, timeless, and if they're aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know, we've tried, and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on.
Catherine Sakai : That's it? That's all you know?
G'Kar : Yes, they are a mystery. And I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the universe, that we have not yet explained everything. Whatever they are, Miss Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957, and they must walk there alone.
So... Crush everyone else underfoot, or else?
Was it meant to be poignant?
Apologies- all this talk of uncaring cosmic beings put me in mind of Babylon 5. But in this case, it ended up being more akin to involving Nodens into affairs. I will get back ontrack now.