Once he figured out how to power on the spaceship that brought him to Earth as a baby, it taught him where he came from.
He learned galactic history and it was an unbroken record of interplanetary empires: Despots who enslaved entire star systems and mad beings who destroyed planets just because they could. He understood why he’d been sent to this planet.
His birth parents had sacrificed everything to give him a chance. His adopted parents raised him to believe in the power of doing good.
He watched the skies and the world around him. It wouldn’t happen here.

“Galaxy NGC 60” by Raven Vasquez is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Everyday Drabbles © 2025 by Hugh J. O’Donnell is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.