Born unto the Collective, Hatched from an Egg.
He heard thoughts. "Arise my son, unto the collective." The voices were many. They seemed to compel him to struggle, to move forward, to escape from his warm home. He moved some. The voices encouraged more movement. He listened, then he moved again, but with greater force and effort, this time. He heard a crack. His egg gave way to his efforts. The voices compelled him to do it again. He did, and with great effort, he broke through. The light was almost blinding, as he could see through the hole. He wanted more, to hear the voices again, to hear their encouragement. He pushed again onto the wall of the egg, and the hole became large. He stuck his head out. He saw everything. He saw them.
He heard a voice, a noise from one of them. He heard his own voice. It sounded strange, like a hissing squeak. He liked the sound, and made it again. They came over to him and made more noises, gentle voices of encouragement. He was out of the egg, and trying to stand. He stayed silent for a moment, and then he heard it.... inside his head.
The voices, millions of voices, all speaking about different things, he heard with such abruptness. He felt fear and confusion. He wanted to understand what they were saying, but they were too many. He became aware of the collective, and it was overwhelming. He tried to turn them off, to shut them out, but it was to no avail. He let out a small protest with his new voice. The egg tender came to him and spoke. He seemed to say, "Don't be afraid, that is just us. You are hearing our thoughts." The young one wondered why there were so many, and why did he need to hear them all at once, but he did calm down from the egg tender's reassurance. He felt, in a strange way, that he was part of their voices, that his thoughts were part of their's, and that they could hear his inner most feelings. He wanted food...
He was born deep inside the Earth, underground. Geothermal heating made it possible for his race of humanoids to live and prosper. His lessons began the very first day he was hatched. He learned of his spiritual masters, his teachers, who gave him ancient teachings from millions of years ago. He began to learn about technology, also, and his race's advancements of nearly a million years. He was given a name, the name of his family, of his race, and of the many races of his kind.
He was taught about Humans. He was shown how they live on the surface of Earth, and how they live on other planets in our Galaxy. He heard that they generally live without a collective voice, that they live alone, and struggle alone to learn about life. He wondered how people could live in such a lonely way. He wondered how they could learn quickly without a collective voice guiding them. Slow must be their progress. He felt strangely sorry for the Humans, and wondered how it would be in his first meeting of them...


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