[ WP ] Arthur C. Clarke said that `` Two possibilities exist : either we are alone in the universe or we are not . Both are equally terrifying . '' What he did n't know is that there is a third possibility ...

I stared at the words of Arthur C. Clarke trying to come up with a third possibility so I could write a story. These Writing Prompts were addicting. I liked puzzles like that. I once figured out how to solve a Rubiks Cube without the help of google. It took me two days to come up with the algorithm. Now I can complete one, one handed, in under thirty seconds. People can solve it faster, but I don ’ t care. This was a different kind of puzzle. 
 
 I tapped my pen on my blank notepad on lunch while I stared at the quote. 
 
 Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. I decided to break the quote down into parts. 
 
 We are alone… 
 …in the universe… 
 …or we are not. 
 
 Does the universe really exist? Could that be what the OP was getting at? The third possibility could be that the universe doesn ’ t exist? We are all imaginary. We are all of the same mind. 
 
 We are… 
 We are not. 
 
 Maybe those are the words I should focus on. I think that we are. We exist. We love. 
 
 *Oh, We are no strangers to love. * 
 
 Maybe that is confirmation that we ARE. So maybe there isn ’ t a third possibility. A logical puzzle has two sides, it is a true or false… 
 
 *You know the rules and so do I. * 
 
 But I really like these puzzles. I don ’ t want to throw in the towel, there has to be a third possibility. I think I am a pretty unique writer. I check the Writing Prompt and see that people are n't fans of the concept, but still I come back to my notepad which has all sorts of diagrams of possibilities for different worlds. I am committed. 
 
 *A full commitment ’ s what I ’ m thinking of, you wouldn ’ t get this from any other guy* 
 
 Wait. I ’ ve got it! I know the third possibility, but I can not think of how to express it in words. How do I explain this. 
 
 *I just wan na tell you how I ’ m feeling, Got ta make you understand* 
 
 *Never gon na give you up* 
 
 *Never gon na let you down* 
 
 *Never gon na run around and desert you* 
 
 *Never gon na make you cry* 
 
 *Never gon na say goodbye* 
 
 *Never gon na tell a lie and hurt you*
