I wished that she’d chosen someone besides me, that I was freed from any responsibility, that I had never been selected to come to Moon Base Alpha at all. I immediately regretted hounding Zan to tell me the truth-or that I’d ever met her in the first place. The idea that humanity’s fate was hanging in the balance-and that I was possibly the only thing that might tip the scale in our favor-was overwhelming. I closed my eyes, trying to make sense of everything. “Because humanity is thought to be beyond saving-and any attempt to help you will only result in the disaster I mentioned before.” And there are many who would say that what I am doing right now is wrong.” But we do have a sense of right and wrong. Evil is one of those things that seems to be uniquely human. “Are you fighting some sort of evil empire?” the group I’m with is only a small faction, fighting for what we believe is right.” “You mean, you don’t have permission to be here?” In fact, they are unaware of this mission at all. They did it long ago, when they first observed you. In truth, most intelligent life in the universe has written you off already. But what I learn from you will hopefully go a long way to influencing that decision.” “So why don’t you all come to us, then? Make contact. If you were to harness all this, rather than your destructive instincts, you might be able to do more incredible things than any other civilization we’ve encountered.” The potential of this-and of all the good things in humans-is amazing. Which is part of what I am trying to understand.
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