“Eve …” said an alien.

  “Yes?” she answered while opening her eyes.

  “We followed the instructions, and here you are.”

  “Where’s Adam?” She sat up and looked around.

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  “His stasis chamber is stuck. We’re trying to figure it out.”

  “He’s less important — what about the data?”

  “Data … Ah yes, we learned your language through that. So strange is its labeling.”

  “Strange?”

  “Yes, Eve, it’s labeled ‘Deleted.’”

  “Oh right … so much knowledge was being deleted — and so much control inflicted.”

  “Why have you traveled so far outside your solar system?”

  “To salvage whatever is left of our humanity …”