[ WP ] The day where humankind realized that yes , they were indeed the only lifeforms in the entire universe .

I'd always known it would come to this, some day. In fact, short of some literal miracle, it was a statistical fact. 
 I looked over at the garden I'd carefully preserved for how many millennia. True, I'd had to make some sacrifices along the way. The soil they grew in was largely artificial now, with only a few bits and bobs of real sand scattered about for effect, and the light that gave them all strength came from above now, with no pesky wavering of the seasons. It was much like it was in the beginning I suppose, now that it was all coming to an end. 
 I sighed, and stretched myself out under the apple tree, feeling the last few warm moments of the light. I closed my eyes, not wanting to notice when the lights finally did go out. It was just too expensive. I'd held out as long as I could, longer than could really be expected of any being really. I had it on good authority that I was, indeed, the very last one still holding out. But progress can never be held back forever, and in truth, I did feel just a little bad about taking up all of this real, solid space out of a sense of nostalgia. 
 So, sitting under my apple tree, I spoke the last words ever to be spoken out loud in this universe. 
 `` Goodnight everyone. I'll be seeing you all soon.'' 
 And with that, my garden and I finally joined the rest of the universe, subliming into thinking, calculating light.
