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Three days later |
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An uncertain contact |
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Reaches out for survivors |
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A species beyond known space |
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We came here to propose an offer |
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You'll give us all and your own planet |
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And in turn, we'll save you from utter extinction |
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Is this what it has come to |
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Are we truly lost |
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This offer our only hope |
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The terms are out of scope |
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Four more hours |
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They contemplate the offer |
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An offer which is clearly absurd |
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Do we have another choice? |
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The moon is full of questions |
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Salvation at what cost |
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The fate of humankind |
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The Scales of Prevailment |
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Left to us for to control |
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We have no need for you |
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Something we wish to bereave |
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Your fate in our hands is the future |
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And the hope of your survival |
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Six hours more |
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And clearly this is not the answer |
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We'll have to find another way to the world |
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We won't accept your terms |
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We will prevail |
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We shall discuss no more |
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We are |
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The collective humankind |
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Is now determined to be |
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Here for many moons to pass |