bob1thousand
Minstrel
I need some help figuring out what's more fitting for my story.
So some context, my story is about an alien who comes to earth and lives with a human woman and her little sister. The alien (who they name Lucy) is from a race of asexual shapeshifting creatures similar to the blob. Each member of the species stays on it’s own planet due to their destructive hunger.
Excerpt from my story:
“Soooo, Lucy.” Asked the young girl.
“Yes, Rachel?”
“What planet are you from?”
“My original planet doesn’t have a name. Not that it matters since no one lives there anymore.”
“Really, why?”
“It is completely baron of life.”
“How did that happen?”
“My race are apex predators. Just a single one of us can wipe out an entire planet of all it’s life in just a few Earth years if we were trying. Less than a year if there was more than one. That’s why we don’t stay together.”
As time goes on and Lucy becomes closer and closer to the humans she is staying with, she starts to resent her own race and their destructive nature. Her species has the capabilities to create things and have emotional bonds but they spend their lives alone, mindlessly wiping out entire planets of life without a single bit of remorse.
One day, Rachel is doing homework and Lucy asks what it is. Rachel tells her about the deer in Yellowstone and how they continued to eat and eat until they almost wiped out all life in the area (true story). Lucy seems to get very invested in the story and a little upset, but when Rachel asks about it Lucy brushes it off and leaves.
Later that night, Lucy goes into the forest and finds a deer.
I’m not sure if she should:
Kill the deer
Or
Pet the deer
Each choice has its own deep meaning and I’m not sure which I should choose. Could you please help?
So some context, my story is about an alien who comes to earth and lives with a human woman and her little sister. The alien (who they name Lucy) is from a race of asexual shapeshifting creatures similar to the blob. Each member of the species stays on it’s own planet due to their destructive hunger.
Excerpt from my story:
“Soooo, Lucy.” Asked the young girl.
“Yes, Rachel?”
“What planet are you from?”
“My original planet doesn’t have a name. Not that it matters since no one lives there anymore.”
“Really, why?”
“It is completely baron of life.”
“How did that happen?”
“My race are apex predators. Just a single one of us can wipe out an entire planet of all it’s life in just a few Earth years if we were trying. Less than a year if there was more than one. That’s why we don’t stay together.”
As time goes on and Lucy becomes closer and closer to the humans she is staying with, she starts to resent her own race and their destructive nature. Her species has the capabilities to create things and have emotional bonds but they spend their lives alone, mindlessly wiping out entire planets of life without a single bit of remorse.
One day, Rachel is doing homework and Lucy asks what it is. Rachel tells her about the deer in Yellowstone and how they continued to eat and eat until they almost wiped out all life in the area (true story). Lucy seems to get very invested in the story and a little upset, but when Rachel asks about it Lucy brushes it off and leaves.
Later that night, Lucy goes into the forest and finds a deer.
I’m not sure if she should:
Kill the deer
Or
Pet the deer
Each choice has its own deep meaning and I’m not sure which I should choose. Could you please help?