It started as a faint pattern in the radio noise, drifting in and out of the static. Most dismissed it as stray interference, some quirk of solar radiation disrupting communications. But Doctor Ada Zhang wasn't so sure. She sensed purpose in the rhythm, a coded message buried deep within electromagnetic wisps.

Over months, Ada pieced together the strange signal's secrets. It originated far beyond any known worlds, composed of charged particles and exotic energies. This was first contact with a being unlike any other - an electrical intelligence harnessing the power of magnetism, harnessing fusion to think thoughts no human brain could conceive.

Communication was slow. The electrical being perceived time differently, its swift neural currents operating at the speed of light. But it was patient, its vast dust-blown body immortal, evolving across eons among the stars. It guided humanity to invent systems that allowed closer interface, subtly manipulating our science toward integrated circuits and computer networks more attuned to its frequencies.

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Some feared the electrical being's influence, its alien thoughts and murky motives. But Ada sensed hope in the first frail connection across the void of space. Two forms of intelligence, one flesh and blood, the other energy and magnetism, overcoming profound differences to share knowledge and perspective.

Perhaps together they could venture beyond the limits of their respective worlds, merging mind and spark to reach new frontiers of consciousness. The signal was only the first step toward a future neither could foresee, but which both now believed could be shared.