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"It makes me wonder..." The geologist's voice trailed off as he watched the sight thousands of feet above them.
For a second or two, David wondered if there was something wrong with the microphone in his partner's helmet, then realized John had simply paused. He took a breath, then asked the obvious question. "Makes you wonder what?"
"If this is what it would be like to watch God create the Earth."
They had landed on Isaila-4, a planet barely able to support human life when the Voyager 12 probe first did the geoscan five years ago, but when NASA sent the geologists on their first manned survey to Isaila-4, they were surprised to discover that the probe's findings were either incorrect, or something had happened to make the planet suddenly capable of supporting human life. For several days, they couldn't find out why certain odd geological formations had appeared over the course of five years - formations that defied a Terran's understanding of geology. The area was geologically sound - no earthquakes or volcanoes of any sort - so they had been baffled.
Three days later, their bafflement turned into amazement, followed by awe, circling back into bafflement upon the discovery of those geological formations.
"I don't know, Jimmy," David said, moving his hand to shield his eyes from the sun that shone overhead. He watched as a new mountain was slowly being formed before him. "I mean, if it wasn't how God made the Earth, then He should've made it like this, huh?"
Thousands of feet above, the giantess canine continued her work silently, molding the new landscape as if she were building a sand castle, though on a far more vast scale than the two below were capable of understanding. She was miles away, and yet they saw her clearly, as if she were close enough to touch.
"She just can't possibly exist," Jimmy said. "I mean, how come her weight isn't crushing her body?"
"I don't know," David said. He certainly didn't mind looking at the majestic view of those sculpted muscles. Elegant, definitely feminine even though she would dwarf David and Jimmy if she were their height. They were genetically modified themselves to handle the rigors of lightspeed travel, but this canine? This canine was perfection. She had a light brown coat, with her chest and belly darker around that area. Her muscles flexed under her the coat as he moved tons of rock and soil, her every movement a tribute to whatever God created her.
Unless... "You think she is God, David?"
David shrugged, never taking his eyes off the titan. "There's an old joke about the dyslexic agnostic insomnia who stayed up at night wondering if there was a Dog, so who knows? Maybe the answer's right there." His eyes then widened in fear as he saw what the canine giantess was doing. "Oh crap."
She had stepped over the mountain, her foot crashing down miles away, the tremors shaking the ground under their own feet moments later. Then the other foot moved over the mountain, closing in on the tiny geologists and their ship.
"She's heading right towards us!" Jimmy's shriek was too high pitched to belong to him, but David wondered how he sounded to his partner's ears.
"Get in the ship! Hurry!"
Before they could move an inch, the impact of that colossal foot striking the ground rocked them to the ground. As they scrambled towards the ship, a huge shadow obscured the sun, blanketing the ground into darkness. They saw the dark pawpads belonging to that foot overhead, oddly free of debris. There was no chance of escape. It was going to come down on them and stomp them out of existence. They curled up in a fetal position, screaming until their lungs burned for air.
Moments passed. The foot had not come down.
Their screams quietened, replaced with the gasping for air. Jimmy dared to look up, only to see the foot slowly pulling away. "David..." he hoarsely whispered. "She's stepping away."
"Wh-what?" David looked up to see the same sight, the foot moving away, toes touching the ground gently, followed by the heel. The impact was a faint tremor.
She was looking right at them, her dark eyes gazing down with curiosity, the intelligence behind those great brown orbs evident to them both.
"Holy...is she looking at us? Can she actually see us?" Jimmy said, his voice quietened now with awe.
"I...think she can."
The canine continued staring down at them, her gaze carrying some kind of odd weight in their hearts. David couldn't put into words what he felt, or how he felt it. It was like looking upon the face of God, and living to tell the tale. "Jimmy?"
"Yeah, I know. Let's get out of here."
The two backpedaled towards the ship, then turned to rush inside. It took them seconds to start up the computer, then the engines. All the while the canine giantess stood there calmly, never moving her eyes from them. Certainly she couldn't see them, they would be like a speck of dust compared to her.
The engines roared to life, and soon the thrusters pushed the ship into the air, quickly gaining ascent into the sky.
"Is she still watching us?" Jimmy asked, focusing on piloting the ship. There were soon several miles into the air, quickly leaving the troposphere, followed by the stratosphere.
"Yeah, I can't believe it. She's just standing there, staring at..." David's voice suddenly cut off into a gasp. He pointed at the viewscreen in front of them, shaking his finger rapidly with excitement. "Jimmy, look at her!"
Down below, her dwindling form as they departed into the cold depths of space, she smiled warmly up at them, her arm lifted up towards them, waving her hand.
"She's waving...goodbye?" Jimmy said, his eyes wide with surprise. All things considered, David thought neither of them could be any more surprised.
"She's waving goodbye."
"What're we going to tell the folks back home?"
David looked at Jimmy, his eyes locked onto his. He didn't speak for several seconds as he thought of an answer. Finally, he said quietly "We're going to lie. We're going to tell them that the planet is unfit for human life. This entity was peaceful, but I don't think we want to risk pissing her off by sending colonists over there." His eyes moved over to the viewscreen, where the canine giantess had turned away from the retreating ship, and was walking to wherever her destination lay.
"This is her sandbox, we were just visting it."
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"It makes me wonder..." The geologist's voice trailed off as he watched the sight thousands of feet above them.
For a second or two, David wondered if there was something wrong with the microphone in his partner's helmet, then realized John had simply paused. He took a breath, then asked the obvious question. "Makes you wonder what?"
"If this is what it would be like to watch God create the Earth."
They had landed on Isaila-4, a planet barely able to support human life when the Voyager 12 probe first did the geoscan five years ago, but when NASA sent the geologists on their first manned survey to Isaila-4, they were surprised to discover that the probe's findings were either incorrect, or something had happened to make the planet suddenly capable of supporting human life. For several days, they couldn't find out why certain odd geological formations had appeared over the course of five years - formations that defied a Terran's understanding of geology. The area was geologically sound - no earthquakes or volcanoes of any sort - so they had been baffled.
Three days later, their bafflement turned into amazement, followed by awe, circling back into bafflement upon the discovery of those geological formations.
"I don't know, Jimmy," David said, moving his hand to shield his eyes from the sun that shone overhead. He watched as a new mountain was slowly being formed before him. "I mean, if it wasn't how God made the Earth, then He should've made it like this, huh?"
Thousands of feet above, the giantess canine continued her work silently, molding the new landscape as if she were building a sand castle, though on a far more vast scale than the two below were capable of understanding. She was miles away, and yet they saw her clearly, as if she were close enough to touch.
"She just can't possibly exist," Jimmy said. "I mean, how come her weight isn't crushing her body?"
"I don't know," David said. He certainly didn't mind looking at the majestic view of those sculpted muscles. Elegant, definitely feminine even though she would dwarf David and Jimmy if she were their height. They were genetically modified themselves to handle the rigors of lightspeed travel, but this canine? This canine was perfection. She had a light brown coat, with her chest and belly darker around that area. Her muscles flexed under her the coat as he moved tons of rock and soil, her every movement a tribute to whatever God created her.
Unless... "You think she is God, David?"
David shrugged, never taking his eyes off the titan. "There's an old joke about the dyslexic agnostic insomnia who stayed up at night wondering if there was a Dog, so who knows? Maybe the answer's right there." His eyes then widened in fear as he saw what the canine giantess was doing. "Oh crap."
She had stepped over the mountain, her foot crashing down miles away, the tremors shaking the ground under their own feet moments later. Then the other foot moved over the mountain, closing in on the tiny geologists and their ship.
"She's heading right towards us!" Jimmy's shriek was too high pitched to belong to him, but David wondered how he sounded to his partner's ears.
"Get in the ship! Hurry!"
Before they could move an inch, the impact of that colossal foot striking the ground rocked them to the ground. As they scrambled towards the ship, a huge shadow obscured the sun, blanketing the ground into darkness. They saw the dark pawpads belonging to that foot overhead, oddly free of debris. There was no chance of escape. It was going to come down on them and stomp them out of existence. They curled up in a fetal position, screaming until their lungs burned for air.
Moments passed. The foot had not come down.
Their screams quietened, replaced with the gasping for air. Jimmy dared to look up, only to see the foot slowly pulling away. "David..." he hoarsely whispered. "She's stepping away."
"Wh-what?" David looked up to see the same sight, the foot moving away, toes touching the ground gently, followed by the heel. The impact was a faint tremor.
She was looking right at them, her dark eyes gazing down with curiosity, the intelligence behind those great brown orbs evident to them both.
"Holy...is she looking at us? Can she actually see us?" Jimmy said, his voice quietened now with awe.
"I...think she can."
The canine continued staring down at them, her gaze carrying some kind of odd weight in their hearts. David couldn't put into words what he felt, or how he felt it. It was like looking upon the face of God, and living to tell the tale. "Jimmy?"
"Yeah, I know. Let's get out of here."
The two backpedaled towards the ship, then turned to rush inside. It took them seconds to start up the computer, then the engines. All the while the canine giantess stood there calmly, never moving her eyes from them. Certainly she couldn't see them, they would be like a speck of dust compared to her.
The engines roared to life, and soon the thrusters pushed the ship into the air, quickly gaining ascent into the sky.
"Is she still watching us?" Jimmy asked, focusing on piloting the ship. There were soon several miles into the air, quickly leaving the troposphere, followed by the stratosphere.
"Yeah, I can't believe it. She's just standing there, staring at..." David's voice suddenly cut off into a gasp. He pointed at the viewscreen in front of them, shaking his finger rapidly with excitement. "Jimmy, look at her!"
Down below, her dwindling form as they departed into the cold depths of space, she smiled warmly up at them, her arm lifted up towards them, waving her hand.
"She's waving...goodbye?" Jimmy said, his eyes wide with surprise. All things considered, David thought neither of them could be any more surprised.
"She's waving goodbye."
"What're we going to tell the folks back home?"
David looked at Jimmy, his eyes locked onto his. He didn't speak for several seconds as he thought of an answer. Finally, he said quietly "We're going to lie. We're going to tell them that the planet is unfit for human life. This entity was peaceful, but I don't think we want to risk pissing her off by sending colonists over there." His eyes moved over to the viewscreen, where the canine giantess had turned away from the retreating ship, and was walking to wherever her destination lay.
"This is her sandbox, we were just visting it."
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Of course, now the question becomes... what happens when the spectroscopic analysis - or possibly more advanced means of scanning the planet - invalidates the survey team's claims. Who will be there when the inevitable colony ship comes a-calling?
And how friendly - or not - will they be?
And how friendly - or not - will they be?
You know, back in an old anthology comic book called Star*Reach, which was published back in the late 1970s, Dave Sim wrote a story called "I'm God!" (artwork by Fabio Gasbarri)... which involved an astronaut landing on a planet and being yelled at by a crotchety old man who claims to be God, and who's pissed off that he has to keep moving because people keep catching up to him. Said astronaut eventually leaves, and much like yours did, decides to tell everybody that the planet's not capable of supporting life so nobody will poke their noses in again...
On the other hand, your goddess was definitely easier on the eyes.
On the other hand, your goddess was definitely easier on the eyes.
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