First encounter

Oh. Hello there!

What a strange specimen you are! My memory does not serve me well, but it has been a long time since I've encountered one of your species. And none quite with adaptations such as your own. It appears you can breathe underwater. Amazing!

More importantly, I wonder what far away land you have come from, considering the mark you have been given? Did you meet No Significant Harassment? Or perhaps Chasing Wind? Or even farther than that?

I don't know why you have traveled all this way, but for what it's worth, the heavy rainfall as of late has begun to recede.

I wonder if that means my neighbor's machinery finally succumbed to the decay. He was in awful shape last I remember, and even that was a long time ago. Perhaps he finally solved the riddle? For his sake I almost hope so.

Ah, in the end, everything reaches the conclusion of its journey. I'm not sure how many of us are even left in this world. A new cycle is already unfolding, one we need not be a part of. We've long outserved our purpose.

However, as long as the microbes in my processing strata continue to function, I'll be here to talk.