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on holovision. I looked back to my home, where my mom’s voicecould still be heard issuing out from within as she tried to convincemy father that the Uudega had been invaded by hostile alien forces.“…I’m going in!” I declared as I left the safety of my crystallinelawn, neighbors already gathering outside to check out thestrange sight (though none having the guts to rush toward it as Idid). My angry green skin suddenly changed to an adventurousbright blue.“No! Vekka wait! Your mom told us to go inside—let yourdad handle this with his ray gun! Or the enforcers! Heck, let SuperUudega take care of this!” pleaded Gildiam, his skin changing to aworried grayish hue as he raced after me.“Oh please, Super Uudega only exists in holobooks, and besides,I’m an adult, I can take care of myself,” I insisted.As I ran onward to the site of the alien ship’s landing, a biggoofy grin appeared on my face as my three hearts pounded in mychest from all the excitement.“An adult? You’re only twelve solar cycles old! I’m a solarcycle older than you!” he argued, his four arms flailing up in frustrationas he began to turn green with anger.“… Big deal! One solar cycle isn’t that big of a difference,and by the time Mom and Dad get out here, or the enforcers showup, the aliens may have already begun the invasion! We gotta actfast or we’ll never stop them! I bet they’re still sleeping in theircocoons, like on holovision; if we get them now while they’re vulnerable,we can take them out!”“Take them out with what? You got a ray gun on you or didyou suddenly become a space trooper?” Gildiam yelled, scratchinghis head in frustration.“Oh Gildiam, stop being such a hatchling and shut up! I’llthink of something…” I began to say before finally realizing that wewere already at the foot of the alien ship, which to me suddenlyCurry Arts Journal 2010 63