The author and I refused to accept the inevitability of a bleak surrender to the straitjacket of the past. We insisted to ourselves that there must be an alternative perspective. The solution that I conjured was unique, singularly effective, and until recently, divorced from Humanity. In contrast, the path for Homo sapiens must be broad and inclusive, nevertheless, without compromise. Earth appears to be far from even attempting this difficult task.
Many people consider the challenge insurmountable.
THAT'S TOO BAD, because it is one of the first steps along your only way out. This is noted merely as an observation, not as a complaint. He has bet his life on that conviction and the passage of Time only serves to confirm his position. Futile gestures have never been the author's style, and such work falls only to the efforts of the entire Species. This is his surprising recollection of the events of one revealing evening, which he insists is an accurate account.