As I looked around my new surroundings, I was astonished to discover that nothing held any real meaning for me. Everything was shiny and new, and I was filled with a sense of awe.
Wait. Why are you crying? I haven't said anything sad, or have I?
I looked around, and the first thing I noticed was that I was alone. I don't mean alone as in with no one around me. I was surrounded by life of every sort: invertebrates struggling across the sand, avians, several types of primates, and massive amounts of microscopic and plant life. There was nothing like me though.
What? How do I know these words? I don't. You supply the names for the images that I supply to your mind. It was difficult to learn how to communicate with you (static) properly. Hmmm... I guess that can't be translated. I mean those that speak with your mouth instead of with your minds. I knew immediately that I wasn't like the other living things around me. I noticed that some of the crabs were covered with a shell not unlike the tarp your people covered me with.
You're laughing! This is new! I like it much better than when you were sad. I think I'll try to make you laugh more often. It makes me feel content. I can see why you think that's funny, but you have to understand what it was like for me. Before you supplied me with words and ideas, everything was absolutely new to me. What you call sand I just thought of as soft and warm. The sea fascinated me, because it was so large and loud. The various life-forms around me? I just thought of them as squishy things.
Why do I sense guilt from you? That was a fun time. I was lonely sometimes but I enjoyed the sensations of discovery. I tried to communicate with the crabs first, but all I got was a brief sensation of surprise and aggression before its mind literally exploded. It was a disturbing experience, and one that I do not wish to repeat.
Please don't be afraid! I'm sure if you were going to explode you would have done so by now. I wasn't fond of the way the crab's mind felt. It was alien to me, and I knew I wasn't a crab. I don't feel that way with you, and that puzzles me. You are nothing like me in appearance, but we're psychically compatible. Why is that?
Hey! You just shut your mind off from me. What was that about? I wouldn't understand yet? Ok, I'll accept that, for now, but later I want some answers. If you know what I am you must explain eventually.
You have to go now? Very well. I see that you have to save the world. There you go, shutting me off again. I would have liked to have known what you're saving the world from.
It was nice to meet you, Adrian.