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In a galaxy far away, there lived an abnormal 

robot named Steve. Unlike the other "aluminum 

brains", as he liked to call them, Steve wanted to 

travel to new terrain. He was tired of soil and an 

abundance of rocks. He wanted new air to 

breathe, one with less nitrogen. One day, when 

Steve was talking with a friend, he noticed planet 

earth. Right then he decided he would leave his 

geological home and travel through the stars in 

interstellar space travel. His ultimate adventure 

would take him where no antecedent had gone 

before. Normally robots didn't even think about 

leaving home, but Steve knew he needed 

something different.

So off Steve went. He flew into the atmosphere 

and became one with the celestial body. He flew 

past Alpha Centauri which was so bright he had 

to shield his eyes. He saw every constellation 

there was to see and got to experience how 

gigantic the solar system is. As Steve 

converged toward earth, he began to feel a little 

sickness from being completely separate from 

home. He had no idea if there would be anything 

about earth and home that were similar, or if the 

differences would be so grand he wouldn't even be 

able to define them. All he knew was that he was 

traveling at the speed of light and entry through 

the troposphere would hurt if he didn't slow 

down!

Steve got closer and closer...he could feel the 

altitude dropping and the atmospheric pressure 

pushing down on him. But he could finally see land 

mass. He would very rapidly be touching down on 

earth's surface.

Steve had finally been released from space and 

landed firmly onto solid ground. He couldn't speak 

for a whole minute, there was so much to observe 

in this new environment. He noticed immediately 

that the climate was quite different from home. It 

was so tropical! He stood next to the shoreline 

and visually recorded everything he saw. This 

place was active with life and the air was so filled 

with oxygen. This planet made his seem so plain, 

he thought.With his fine-tuned vision, Steve 

could even see the ocean floor!

The ocean contained so much liquid! Steve 

decided it was positively beautiful with the simple 

current pushing the fish along. Never in his life 

had he seen so much H2O. On his planet there 

was only small amounts of ground water because 

no other organisms existed that needed it. On his 

planet, everything seemed so artificial, but here 

everything had so much character. Steve was 

eager to see what else he could discover in this 

nutrient-rich land.

Steve flew from the coast to see if he could make 

new discoveries somewhere else on this continent. 

After flying consistently for hours, Steve 

found what appeared to be the epicenter of 

interaction on earth. This location was highly 

concentrated with human life. He was 

interested in seeing how this cities' 

inhabitants interacted with their 

surroundings. All he knew for sure was that 

the people living here created structures 

bigger than any he had seen before.

Steve's thrill with this new city was only 

temporary when he saw how mechanical 

everything was. This looked to him like a parallel 

universe whose entire existence was based on 

using and producing energy. Steve could smell the 

fuel in the air and sense the pollution all around 

him. This place was significantly different than 

the environmentally friendly isolated island on 

which he had first landed. After only a few hours, 

he decided he has spent sufficient time in the 

city...he was ready to transport himself 

somewhere new.

Steve flew high into the sky through cirrus clouds, 

and he was thankful for his metal alloy exterior as 

it provided a barrier for him from the moisture in 

the air. He soared continuously through the clouds 

until he passed over the equator.

Steve landed 9,000 feet above sea-level and quite near a 

volcano. The ground was uneven and some igneous 

rocks could be found lying around. This volcano was clearly 

not dormant and had erupted before as it was currently. He 

had never seen pahoehoe or magma because volcanoes 

didn't exist on his planet. Although the lava seemed to be 

flowing in slow motion, Steve knew he shouldn't take his 

chances here. He was sure that if the lava caught up to him, 

there would be some pretty negative effects. He did 

wonder to himself if these volcanoes could be responsible 

for the extinction of dinosaurs he had only heard about in 

stories back home. But he didn't reflect on that thought long 

because he was beginning to smell unpleasant vapors 

coming from the volcano. It was, once again, time to go.

Steve traveled this time to a place with 

temperatures nearing zero degrees 

Fahrenheit. He flew past glaciers and icebergs 

and he followed a blizzard. Steve noticed this land 

had very little minerals and it was primarily 

covered in ice and snow. In fact, he found himself 

standing in snowfall with wind whistling by. 

This polar environment developed feelings inside 

Steve that maybe it was time to return home. His 

duration on earth was filled with infinite 

exploration, but he longed for something specific.

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