Hole Punch

by Garth Simmons

I have decided on a compromise. Instead of enslaving and humiliating the aliens, we must take an ethical approach. We must look inside ourselves and think of the horror we are causing. To allow these aliens to exist, in any form at all, is an offence against our planetary pride. No more shall we allow aliens to assimilate themselves into our culture. They cannot reap the benefits of the Human Empire. They do not deserve our blessed exploitation! From this aeon forward we will make those pricks burn! We NEED to make those PRICKS BURN!”

Edip Berkul

“Even your death was sudden and brutal, I remember the old days, when pain was prolonged from generation to generation. It was such beautiful humiliation.”

“Memory is a simulation,” said Tony. “In remembering the past we pick and choose – with and against our will – aspects of the past with which to create a simulation. In the present moment we also pick and choose – with and against our will - aspects of the present moment.

We construct a narrative; an edited sense-perception of our surroundings. This posits and negates itself into a dichotomy; a self-fulfilling prophecy. Therefore, the task of self-evaluation is to process our simulation into a cohesive identity, and thus enforce a narrative willpower on the constantly impeaching future.”