Transmission 126: Eyebrows

- - - - - GREETINGS, EARTHLING - - - - -

Today, I continue the five-part story about my first week on Earth.
The mistakes (birds don’t speak), misunderstandings,
and small miracles that taught me what it means to be human.

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After the second screaming incident,
I concluded my new form required minor adjustments.

I had studied the human shape carefully from a distance.
Two arms, two legs, one head.
Easy enough.
Or so I thought.

My first attempt was… close.
But I was taller than expected, roughly double.
A kind stranger dropped her coffee, whispered “giant,” and fled.

I made a note to try again.
My second attempt was the opposite.
Too small.
Children patted my head and called me “elf.”

By the seventh attempt I had achieved symmetry,
though my eyes were slightly misaligned and my ears were transparent.
People stared.
A dog barked.
My old pigeon friends scattered. 

It was progress though.

The hardest part, I discovered…
eyebrows.
They refused to sit still.
They hovered several centimetres above my forehead like startled caterpillars.

Everywhere I went, humans avoided eye contact.
One person even handed me a pamphlet about “finding inner peace.”
I was beginning to feel like an outcast.

Then, while hiding near a bus shelter,
I met someone who didn’t flinch.
She looked right at me,
transparent ears,
floating eyebrows and all,
and smiled.

“Rough day?” she asked.
I told her it had been a long week.
She offered me a cup of tea from her thermos
and said I looked almost human.
“Almost,” she repeated, glancing at my eyebrows.

Her kindness startled me more than any scream.
Why was she not afraid?
Why would she sit beside a stranger who couldn’t quite hold their shape?

It was my first lesson in empathy.
Humans are strange, I thought.
And strangely wonderful.

When we parted,
she waved and said,
“You’ll figure it out.”

That night,
under a flickering streetlight,
I adjusted the position of my eyebrows.
They stayed.

For the first time since landing,
I felt like I might belong here.

That night I reread my manual.
Ready to try again. 
A note in the margin read:
“Caution: humans rely heavily on invisible signals.”
I had no idea what that meant.

I would soon find out.

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- - - - - DAILY CALIBRATION - - - - -

If you see someone having a rough day,
reach out.
Offer a smile,
a kind word,
a small cup of something warm.

It might feel tiny to you,
but to them,
it could be the whole signal they needed.

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- - - - - EARTH TREASURE - - - - -

Aloe.

A plant with personality.
Spiky, yet soft-hearted.
Full of juice and generosity.
It sits quietly on windowsills
waiting for someone to need healing.

When you get burned,
it doesn’t say “I told you so.”
It just helps.

That’s good Earth energy.

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Float well, Earthling.
NeilA

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Greetings, Earthling is a free daily newsletter designed to help you slow down, feel better, and start your mornings with a sense of meaning. Written from the perspective of a curious space observer named NeilA, each transmission blends mindfulness, motivation, and emotional insight with a hint of cosmic wonder.

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