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The Tears of the Stars

At the turn of the century, many believed that we were alone in the universe. Mars was thought a sterile desert, Venus was too hot and stormy. Perhaps the Moons of Jove harbored life, but they certainly had no people. The seas of our own moon, recognized since ancient times, were often dismissed as a trick of the light.

This was, of course, before the Maritans arrived.

At first they were subtle--the strange lights in the sky during the 1890s, an odd radio transmission here or there. Maybe a rover in the Mojave.

But then there were people. At first just explorers and scientists, but soon there were diplomats and traders. In 21', they landed on the White House lawn. In 23', disaster befell Mars, and they came in droves; sometimes peacefully, sometimes violently.

But most shockingly, they were human Martians! Of course, they weren't Earth - men, but they were men nonetheless. We could eat the same food and breath the same air. The youth soon discovered we could even have sex with them, which came as a great shock to scientists the world over.

None of this should've really surprised us. The old myths--from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Homer to the Bible--all said that the Earth was not our home, that we were brought here by the Tears of the Stars. Perhaps they were right after all.

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