“We introduced ourselves to their world leaders.”

“Why are you visiting us?” they asked us.

“We’d like to ‘pay it forward,’ as we’ve heard you phrase it. This device will provide you the ability to see and experience everything through astral projection of your consciousness throughout the cosmos.”

A United Earth representative put it on. “This is fantastic! I feel like … like … a god!”

The neural helmet was mass-produced.

The dissociated bodies of the Earthlings became the most obedient workforce in the galaxy.

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The alien board of investors clapped at the executive’s holo-presentation while offering them an award.