The Scientific Indian

Mey Smythe’s Diary – New York - 26 Nov 2123
History, as we know it, continues to be overwhelmed by events that have no recognizable rationale and do not follow any pattern. Since that extraordinary day when radio contact was first established two months ago, Earth has changed in unprecedented ways every week. I feel I’m in the middle of a science fiction saga. I’m not sure a thesaurus has enough adjectives to fully convey what we’re all feeling.

The Azureans land tomorrow. By the way, it was Dr. Hart Rixar from South Asia who called them that because of the curious tinge of blue on their skins, and the name stuck. He said that Krishna, one of the more playful Indian God, was blue-skinned because he represented the color of heavens. Will they turn out to be gods? Would earth become a paradise? We all wondered in jest. The Azureans have repeatedly stressed that they are a peaceful species. If that indeed turns out to be true, then these won’t be Old Testament smiters of sinners!

One thing is certain: they’ll be bringing their own food to the party. We have no idea what they eat.

Mey Smythe’s Diary – Brussels - 20 Aug 2124
This morning, the inner council met for the last time before the ten day season’s break. We reviewed progress on the committees for proposed eco-science collaborations, boundary outlines, and most importantly, the language inter-translations. As Jan keeps saying, we can’t dance the cosmic tango if we keep stepping on each other’s feet. In return, I keep telling him we’re still learning how to walk.

Did we know the Azureans don’t have any concept of suicide? Or that they too have a game very similar to football? More surprises will doubtlessly follow in the years to come. For now, we just need a common understanding of the lingua political. Oh, and our blue friends aren’t blue all over. There was an exchange of anatomical details of our respective species a month ago to repurpose public facilities on earth to accomodate Azureans. Our medical guys showed us some of these images – the Azureans have pink toes, just like human babies!

Finally, there’s been some talk that the Azureans have indeed known about Earth for a long while now. The whole “discovery” could be a charade, as many of us always suspected. Given their technological prowess, which is clearly many mega-generations ahead of us, it’d be no surprise if they had been aware of us for a while. Jan has asked us to keep this under our hats for now.

01:30
“The rest of the entries are quite similar in tone and content: he talks about some of the communication problems and how they had to ease their way around them. Some word on the opposition of certain groups on Earth, but how they were motivated mostly by personal grudges. On the whole, it was quite amicable, with the Azureans as well as at home.”
She saw him stifle a yawn.

“Should we stop for the night?” she asked.

“No, let’s go on. Let’s jump ahead a little.” he said, adjusting the cushions behind him.