'This is a car...'
It was quite an impressive creation of humans.
This was how the earth was now. It felt strangely unfamiliar to what I had known before, but that didn't matter.
'Huh...'
Eventually we reached something called the supermarket.
Many humans were scattered everywhere and the entered and exited many doors.
'Is this some giant organization for trading goods?'
If so, who was the boss? What were their intentions and how many of these existed around the world?
'I need to understand this. To understand the current world and its people.'
I looked around silently as I followed the foolish human.
'People are looking at me, although it's different somehow.'
While the past foolish human looked at me with no big change and those other special humans looked at me with fear.
'These humans…. Is it curiosity?'
This generation of humans…. Were they insane?
'Or maybe just seeing me has made them go insane? Are humans this weak now?'
"That's the clothing store. Let's go in."
It was time to explore clothes. Why they were worn and what the humans' goals were in gathering so many people here.
"Got it."
The door opened almost magically and we entered the store.
"Should I explain what everything is?"
I nodded while silently observing everyone around me.
'Nodding usually is an easy way to communicate in almost any era.'
He started explaining things as he had always done.
'He's similar to the previous guides, but different. He's not wary of me and seems pretty apathetic.'
Was this what happens when a 'special' human does what others could do instead?
"Hi, are you two searching for clothes?"
A human approached us.
"Yes, she needs new clothes she.... visited Mexico recently..... and that's all she's been wearing. She also loves playing around with strange colours."
'So these clothes look strange…'
"… Alright, miss, let's go over there to pick out an outfit for you."
'This human, how disrespectful.'
I could ignore my contractor's mistake. But I felt something slightly different this time.
"Don't tell me what to do."
Perhaps this was annoyance, no, it was pride.
The human flinched and the foolish guide sighed.
"She has a bad temper. I'll just help her instead."
I somehow had a feeling that the foolish guide was disappointed?
"Are you disappointed?"
I asked while observing his reaction.
"A little I guess, should've expected this to be honest."
He openly shared his opinion and picked out some clothes.
'No hesitation, at least he's not lying.'
*******
It took roughly ten minutes. Now she finally looked like a civilized human.
'Goodness, I shouldn't have shown her a picture of a model.'
She wore casual clothes. White T-shirt with black pants. There was a small problem though.
'Now everyone is looking at her.'
Her beauty was no longer hidden behind strange clothes and she seemed awfully confident.
"Let's go to a cafe. It's a place where people drink and eat."
"So a restaurant?"
I nodded and I ordered boba tea. Why did she seem so satisfied with herself?
We sat down on a table and ate silently.
Of course, I heard people saying things....
'What are they talking about? Is it about me?'
I gulped down my drink and looked ahead.
*Slurp.*
She was drinking her boba tea without worrying about anything
I felt slightly foolish for worrying about others and when she finished I got up.
"How was it?"
I asked.
"Good. Humans seemed to have increased their culinary skills since the last few centuries."
"Oh? T-"
*Stumble!*
I almost tripped and barely caught myself.
*Cough!*
'What the...'
My vision was slightly blurry for a second.
"What is it?"
"Nothing. Let's just go to a park..."
Those pills really weren't good for my health... shit, I shouldn't have taken them....
********
'Strange.'
My contractor seemed to be acting weirdly now.
His breath was no longer steady but he walked forward like normal. Or that's what he was trying.
'It isn't fear, I know that.'
The probability of it being fear was reduced to zero since we left the house.
'So what is this anomaly? Is it interference? Is someone else meddling with earth?'
If so, then they had to be destroyed.
We walked for quite a long time, up many stairs and eventually my contractor stopped to breathe.
"Huff, wow, my condition really isn't good enough for this anymore."
Eventually we reached a park with many people all in pairs looking up at the sky.
'Are they excited? Why? It's just the sky.'
"Hey... Sybil?"
"Yes contractor?"
He sat down on the grass and sighed, eventually laying down on the grass.
"What where the conditions of our contract?"
"Simple, I will remain by your side for a week and the price will be your soul...."
After saying that I stayed silent for a while.
'Why is it that... I don't want that?'
Did I want to learn about the human world for longer? Did I want to mock humans for their stupidity?
"I don't... think I... can do that..."
His breath was shallow and he seemed to be shaking slightly.
"You cannot go back on your word."
"Oh... I see... I'm sorry..."
I silently stared at my contractor.
'His body temperature is lower than the other's. His breathing has stopped and I don't feel a rhythm from his chest.'
"Oh."
My contractor has died.
"Shallow creatures."
I looked at the night sky silently.
'The sky is dark but filled with small dots of light. Why are the other humans hugging each other like that? Why are they looking at the sky as if it's something incredible?'
"Hey, why do humans look at the sky?"
I ask my contractor.
"..."
'Oh, right... he's dead....'
Humans can't communicate after dying.
.....
The stars look small from earth, if I tried to reach if I would fail unless I changed my form.
"The stars... do humans find them pretty? What about the moon?"
I asked.
.....
And I received no answer.
I was feeling something... what was correct word?
I didn't want this. He couldn't even complete his contract properly.
'Did I... expect something from a human?'
Greedy and foolish. The fact that humanity hadn't wiped itself out was a miracle.
"Alright, the contract is void. May we meet again."
My human body and clothes were stored and I looked down at the earth. I had returned to the cosmos and was looking at earth.
'It was peaceful.'
Human lives are truly fragile. They can even die when exposed to the elements for too long.
********
As I drifted in space I occasionally visit earth as a human now. They continue making progress towards an uncertain future.
'They're so sure that they can conquer what cannot be conquered.'
Perhaps it's human nature.
'What will be the next thing they try and conquer?'
Would it be another planet? Would their technology advance that far?
Even though humans only live for eighty or ninety years, would their combined efforts be enough to bridge the gap of the milky way?
'Perhaps there will come a time where they leave everything behind and drift through space.'