It was a relief to be able to communicate, finally having something that wasn’t the same as every single day. Smiling as she watched his responses, it seemed to be a lot like the way that humans showed emotion. Sadly she knew that her race was violent. A part of her knew that an alien race would eventually deem them too violent as well. She knew that if the humans had known, that his race would have ended up dead.

First, he showed her the image of the beautiful spacecraft, something that her species never had been able to make. At least not one that could overcome the gravitational force of the earth itself. It looked so different of what they had shown and she smiled “Spaceship” she then said as she was curious to learn more about his life.

When he then showed her the images of his life, Artemis realized that he must have lived on a spaceship his whole life. “Home,” she said in reply as she looked at him. Actually seeing that they were quite a bit like ants, even them having to hunt to have food. Her eyes sparkling as it looked like he was teaching her the ways of his people. To her, it seemed like they were more like ants in that way, a smile on her face as she then tried to figure out how to learn him more.

“You Warrior,” she said as she then went to show a video of ants. Where the person talking about them was just blabbering. Moving to the classes of ants as she just skipped past the queen. “Workers,” she said to the ants that started building the walls and moving things. Then the larger creatures that had huge jaws and that went hunting as well. “Warriors,” she said as she pointed at the ants.

Then she went to show him a video of different jobs of humans. Showing him hospitals and other things that seemed most important. Showing him that there were many jobs with humans. She wasn’t going to explain the money part of it all. Since that was the largest problem of the human race. 

She then showed a lion hunting an antelope for food. “Lion,” she said as she pointed at the predator. “Predator.” She then said as she then looked at the antelope. “Antelope prey.” She said as she then showed another part. Of a cat hunting a mouse. “Cat predator.” She said as she then pointed at the small mouse “Mouse, prey.” She said as she then decided to show him the way humans had evolved.

“Predator hunts.” She said as she showed a video of a lion going after another antelope. “Humans don’t hunt.” She said as she shook her head. Then showing him that they started walking upright, that they started using tools and weapons. Showing him a cartoon of Neandertals that would hunt Mammoths by mere wit and making them fall from exhaustion. It always made her sad and so she went on to show how it all changed.

She then showed the cows that he had seen “Cow prey.” She said as she then showed him a video of her taking the milk. Only to show him how humans put animals in slaughterhouses. Looking away from the screen as she couldn’t even watch it. She showed him how they got shot in the head and then the cadavers moved to meat. Showing him the supermarkets.

She wondered what he made of it, of the mass capitalism and so she just started to show him what money was. How they used it and how in the end, it divided the people and how it caused wars. It made her sad and so she moved to the fact that there were happier things. Of how humans could be kind and were social, how in the past humans would gather berries and only ate meat when they needed it.

She wanted to tell him that she thought that humans were bad, but how was she even going to explain bad? And so she showed him war “War,” she said as humans were against each other “Bad”. Only to moving to a kid that was told no, only to do it anyway “Bad” she said again as she tried to convey the message.

Showing her race again, showing him the different colors and races that there were. Taking over the world like a virus. “Humans are bad.” She said as she then showed him how a virus would infect the body. “Virus,” she said as she then went to the earth.

“Earth... Humans are a virus.” She then said as she sighed. Showing how the population went to over billions “Too many” she said as she then showed the same with ants in a box. “Too many” she said as she was trying her hardest to show him. Then showing how humans would fight each other. “Violence,” she said as she then went to show him the worst of humanity.

Biting her lips as she wondered if there was any way to show how his species was good for the earth. How she didn’t like the idea of her species ruining it all. And so she went to show him a few clips of how humans envisioned how aliens were. All violent ones as she stopped with a scene of War of the World. 

“Lie” she said as she smiled at him. “I’m male,” she said and shook her head “Lie,” she said afterward. Hoping that he understood what a lie even meant. She then moved to a video of the earth moving back to nature and smiling at him. Trying to convey the message. She still had to show him the cities and so she decided to just show him the pictures of the world before the aliens had released the virus.

“House,” she said as she then drew a house and then just moved her finger to show him that this was a house as well “House… My home” she said as she then hoped he would get a bit of it. She then wondered how she could even have him use the whole thing. She wondered how she could teach him her language, yet to her, it sounded a lot like elvish. Deciding to just go with it.

Moving to a movie as she first showed a cartoon, a silly story of Lucas the spider “Story.” She said as she knew it would be clear that it was nothing more than imagination. Moving to the movie of the lord of the rings. “Story.” She said as she then went to the place with the elves. They had their own language as she then smiled at him. Wondering if he understood what she was trying to show, that his language sounded like that to her. That humans had more than one language and even fake ones. 

But if her idea was right, that his language was a lot like elvish. Then maybe it would be easier to communicate. Deciding to pause it and looking at him as she spoke one sentence in Elvish. A year alone would do strange things to a person. “I love the sound” she spoke as she wondered how he would respond. To her, it still made no sense, but maybe she could show him that it was working. 

Moving to a video of a person speaking in different languages. “Languages,” she said as she always had loved that idea. “Even in stories,” she said in English as she then showed a Klingon speaking in the language that humans had created. Watching him closely to see what he was thinking.