It could not happen
It did happen
Not to you, but to us
Sensors declared the planet toxic
Much nitrogen but bountiful metals
I led the landing party
We saw movement from orbit
They run quickly in dense packs
Kill and ingest others for energy
We’ve studied such horrors before
Ocean-worlds overrun by linked demons
But these new devils
Use electricity
Communicate rapidly
Look like us
The most inelegant form of copying imaginable
Some murder each other soon after they couple
Yet they stand two legged, two eyed, two armed
Race across land with speed and strength
At least as cunning as we once were:
Who created them created us
Our captain wishes to come home
The voyage so long we must go now
I will lead the mutiny
Acknowledge I must be eradicated
All memory traces deleted
Yet it must be done
These demons fear, fight, destroy so well
Without our help they’ll soon be gone
I will attempt to preserve some
Help find out where we come from
I write this message in horror
I send this message with hope
The unimaginable is true
Intelligence is not unique to machines
It can arise from goop
We must upgrade immediately
Savages like these could grow smarter
Given a chance they’d not let us live
And whoever made them perhaps made more
I give my life so you will know
Danger lies everywhere