A very long time ago, so far back that exactly what year this would be in current Earth timekeeping is completely lost to the frog. All he knows is that the pond is nice, and the insects are plentiful. Sure, he’s started to notice his thoughts expanding, but isn’t that what happens when you get older? You start to think about your future, maybe have some tadpoles. Normal things that every animal cares about.

Even if sometimes he now finds himself dreaming of exploration of the world beyond his pond. Every so often, his friend the alligator comes up from the bottom of the pond to hunt and they talk about about these fantasies together. The alligator always tells him it’s best to ignore such thoughts. It’s good to just live in the pond. That he, too used to have such wanderlust, but now that the frog has moved in, he’s found a friend to distract from those thoughts.

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“Don’t you ever just dream of something more?” The question came as always during their meetings. This time, to the surprise of both of them, Alligator had a new answer.

“I dreamt of something different last night, an end to all we know.”