Encounters Out There

Zeryakz, a ruthless dictator, awoke on a forest planet. “Is this a dream? No, I wouldn’t be asking if it were.”

Zeryakz used their survival training to make weapons and build a shelter.

Another alien materialized …

Heitokan, Zeryakz’s arch-nemesis, asked, “Why are we here?”

“No idea. Go fend for yourself …” Zeryakz pointed to the dense forest.

Heitokan survived as well …

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Hunter androids materialized.

“We must kill them both!” commanded their leader.

Zeryakz approached Heitokan. “We can only survive this together …”

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Meanwhile, the anti-war resistance belonging to both species observed their notorious leaders plugged into the simulation.