“Well?” asked the Governor.
“The telescope is oriented correctly. The math checks out.”
“Has it ever been this long before?”
“Never. They took a week off ten years ago to change lenses. But they gave us a lot of warning.”
“So what do we do?”
The scientist shrugged. “What can we do? It’s not like we have an interstellar message laser. That’s it.”
“That’s it? That can’t just be it…”
“It stopped in mid-sentence. Two months ago. Smart money is they’re done.”
The Governor stared nervously at the blank screens. “…God.”
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Title by: ninomy
Story by: David
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