died yesterday , said wilx , not bothering to look up from the latest issue of creepy crawly telepathic worm-like flying fish that start off rather small but grow to be over 600 meters tall and several thousand kilometers long , grow feathers and scales in weird patchy clumps all over their body , sprout extra limbs which serve no purpose and then try to colonize nearby solar systems with astoundingly innovative technology and weaponry thats never been seen anywhere else and never will be seen again , only to have a sudden shift in consciousness and nostalgia late in life , leave the battle grounds and return to mate and raise young then sit around talking about how easily they could have smashed whatever hapless and peaceful civilization they happened to wage war on this particular generation .