[ WP ] You 're from Earth ? What 's it like ?

`` You're from Earth, then?'' The alien asked me, massive head tilted in a questioning sort of way. I turned around and saw, from a distance, then horizon of blue that was my home. 
 
 `` The blue planet... it is n't far. Yet I've never been. What's it like down there?'' they asked. I turned back and tried to find the words. 
 
 `` There's... a lot of people. Humans. And... fighting. And happiness. It's very complicated.'' 
 
 `` Fighting and happiness?'' The alien repeated in a confused tone. 
 
 `` Well, yes. Some humans do n't get along with others and some do. Some are lovers that need to be needed. They spend their lives searching for love and sometimes they find it. Other people seek power, some success and money.'' 
 
 `` What is money?'' The alien asked me. 
 
 `` Money is our currency. You use it to get things. Objects. Things you do n't always need but that you may want.'' 
 
 `` What do you do on Earth?'' The alien asked. 
 
 `` You work. You create a family that has other humans in it.'' 
 
 `` So you breed then, is that it?'' 
 
 `` No, it is n't breeding.'' 
 
 `` That's what is sounds like to me.'' The alien shrugged. 
 
 `` We find happiness in it. We... we watch other humans and we laugh, we cry. We create images and moving pictures and watch them. We create good lives for people we care about and even the people we do n't.'' 
 
 `` You sound very simple.'' The alien said at last. `` I do n't know what I was expecting when I saw you land here. I suppose something more exciting.''
