pdf file - Notes from An Alien

swooned under its impact and, before I could recover, he appeared at the top of a nearby hill. Seeing his form
gave me a small foothold from which to begin to gain control of my mind and heart. Later, I would scold Anglana
harshly. Now, I was eager to meet him, get to know him, devour him...
Since this book isn't a history of me but a story of my people's rise from nearly interminable war to
enduring peace, I'll jump to the time after our wedding, when we began earnest discussions about the future of
our people.
Neiiv's estimation was that another fifty years would see the Aklan Faith's membership reaching about
70% of the population. He also predicted that the Teachings of Akla would be the accepted moral norm for at
least 85% of our population. He also thought that we were reaching a point in our culture's evolution where we
would transition from learning how to live to teaching other people how to live.
Naturally, he was deeply involved with my experiments with plasma communication with other star
systems but he had focused in on becoming the organizer of a physical voyage to one of the five systems under
study.
He estimated it would take us another sixty years to successfully establish comfortable enough relations
with one of those peoples to permit the sending of a space vessel full of brave souls. He even predicted which of
the systems would prove safest to visit.
While Neiiv set about his spacey task, I continued to reach out to other star systems.
The very next one I made contact with was yours...