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Chapter 20 - Dim Lights

// CREW LOG: 0948 //

// AUDIO LOG: CORRUPTED //

Every night I looked to (///) stars. They always seemed so close, yet (//) far. I was just a child when (/ ///) taken, I guess I (/// //) wish though.

I still remember it so (///////), the lights beamed through my window and when I looked… (/) just couldn't believe (//) was a spaceship. My (///////) were still asleep somehow so I snuck out to investigate. In (/////////) it was a dumb move… but hell, it was a spaceship.

I expected the classic ramp to deploy with blinding light, (///) reality was a bit different. Instead it was… an elevator and there was only a dim light illuminating (///)… things. (/) tried to stay hidden, but I must've made some noise because they stopped and started moving towards (//). I was terrified beyond belief, I couldn't even move. The lights were so (///) until one kneeled in front of me, to my shock it said, "(// /// //) afraid (//////) one."

I… just couldn't believe it, I met real aliens that night, and they (/////) English… or at least their suits translated. Unfortunately their protocols (//////) them to take me, I didn't feel scared or even try to resist. I think (/) was just too stunned. They covered my eyes so I couldn't see anything, or tell (//// ///) going on. When they removed the… whatever it was from my head, (/ ///) in a cell of sorts. It felt like my old bedroom, although a bit (//////).

I spent (/ ////) in the cell, but now I'm allowed to roam the ship as I please. They treat (//) well, as I do (//) them. I may (////) been taken from my original family, (///) my family is here now.

Next (////) we do a gravity sling around Sol, and pass Terra on our (/// ///) of the system. I'll get to wave goodbye one last time. The stars still seem so far away, so dim, (///) now. They are closer than I could ever imagine. I

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