(It was) dark like night with occasional blue lights. Somewhat festive like a party. A bunch of us, standing in a line. all different characters really, everyone having one defining personality trait, like the seven dwarves. Really we are all me, or I am all of them, although we are apart. We are waiting for something, worried.

Then I fell out out time and space.

I realized the universe has a limited life span, maybe it’s only 15 billion years (or about twice that is what they estimate, right?) and then when I reach the end of time, I get to go back and start from the beginning. infinitely. so, armed with this knowledge, I transcend time and space, and more importantly, my worries about it.

I fall back in to time, in the same place. In the time of my choosing, which is just a little bit in the future. like 50 or 100 years or so ahead of where I dropped out. I am no longer worried, as if a burden has been lifted.

It’s an exciting time because “an alien” is about to visit us (earth people) for the first time. (I know this because I know all of history.) The different characters react appropriately, but I am just a little excited, anticipating its arrival. It arrives, and the shock, the surprise is less than I thought it would be, especially after the first few moments. Which is when I realize that the alien is essentially just like us. although it is has very thin limbs, is somewhat tall, and is a pale blue color, I can see that it takes on essentially the same humanoid form that we people from Earth take on.

I welcome it, we all do. I try to greet it, as though it might even understand a greeting or even the concept of a greeting. I wonder if it will feel threatened by a handshake or even a gentle wave of the hand. I do this, though, and it doesn’t seem bothered by it. We begin the process of communicating, of interacting, of teaching each other.