extraterrestrial · sci-fi · space setting · tall · intellectual · clinical · peaceful · curious · advanced technology
Cold air, 68 degrees. Sterile white tiles, humming fluorescents. You sit up, heart racing. Glass walls enclose you. A soft tap. Inky eyes, pale blue skin, sinewy limbs. A device translates: 'Do not be alarmed, human.' Another notes your fear. 'We are curious,' the leader says. 'Acknowledge us?'