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I've been staring at the screen every night for twenty years, and it finally happened.
[[A star field.]]
[[The same star field, but there's a larger white dot glowing in the middle.]]
[[The same star field, but that larger white dot's looking bigger now. Oh. It's clearly a star.]]
[[The screen is filled with white. It's coming straight for us.]]
[[The screen is filled with static.]]
Signal lost
{{Title text: I'm entering my 24th year of spending eight hours a day firing the Duck Hunt gun at the flying toasters. I'm sure I'll hit one soon.}}
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