“ It was a love affair. When I found SomniaXYZG, I felt alive once more, overcome with a thirst to experience everything, learn everything. My joy in novelty was hedonistic and reck¬less. I was an explorer, called to seek out new worlds and civilisations, to go beyond the frontiers of my own knowledge and gather for others the wonders of the unknown. I remember the contraction of my heart as I entered the system’s orbit. My mind raced ahead to the future and placed itself within alien landscapes, my skin tingling with the anticipation of new atmospheres and textures. The lethargy of my Earthly existence was falling away. I had been an automaton, moving through over studied envi¬ronments. The 27 years I spent within Somnia XYZ-G revealed to me the beauty, complexity, danger, and wonder of her worlds. It’s a joy to share my footage and my discoveries. Voices, clearer than mine, will recount my journey. By way of an early conclusion, I will say that while the laws of thermodynamics indeed confirm that there is nothing new under the sun, it does not then follow that we can never look at the world in a new way. ”
‘‘ Setting out on a journey to the edge of the known universe I came across a strange cluster of planets in a faraway galaxy. This world’s characteristics, workings and inhabitants amazed me. So fantastical yet so much like our own Earth, it is almost a thing of dreams. Losing track of time and place I slowly grew exhausted both physically and mentally, I couldn’t contain my excitement however and worked tirelessly to document every single organism, landscape, different planets and rules of this universe. I found out over time that the reason I was growing so weary was partially because of the different circadian rhythms of each different planet all slightly longer than our 24 hour cycle on Earth. I also suspect most organisms on these planets (referred to as M01, M02, M03) are not suitable sustenance for human beings. Metabolization of the plant like organisms was possible but had a strange effect on the colour of my skin, a slight blotchy purple hue appeared on my forearms and abdomen (I therefore called it Baralpa lilac) so I refrained from trying to digest too many different species. There were also creatures on this planet that appeared to have sufficient cognitive capabilities to create their own spoken and written language. After observing the creatures from a distance for about 2 years I began to have a grasp on the vocabulary and grammar of this strange language. The documentation of Somnia xyzg is written in the indigenous’ creatures language which I managed to fully master after I found out the creatures were actually very friendly and docile. They taught me even more about the world and thanks to them I managed to make my way back to our universe. I find it therefore only natural that in thanks I honour them with a codex about their land written in their own language. ’’