To anyone who finds this--
Congratulations to me! I'm no longer the only human on Earth. I don't know who you are or where you've been hiding this whole time, so let me catch you up to speed on a few things.
Roughly 2 years ago, aliens invaded Earth. They took all humans and animals with them. I imagine that they have a large planet where they're all living in harmony together. I try not to imagine the worst.
In fact, I know that some Earth-things are still living up there. Each month before the new moon appears, what looks like a single shooting star falls to earth. Inside is their gift to me. Payment for tending to the earth.
They usually send a wild animal that I will hunt and eat for dinner. They once sent a rabbit and I kept it as a pet for a whole moon cycle. The next gift was a tiger and it ate my rabbit and took a chunk out of my own arm. I caught him and cooked that sucker up.
Listen, there’s a reason why we never ate tiger in the pre-alien days.
I digress.
Once they sent me a locket. When I opened it and saw the photo, I had to blink back tears. (Maybe I even cried. There are no witnesses.)
The photo was of a couple. They both looked so happy.
I felt more alone than ever.
Ever since the locket, I’ve been hoping and praying (to God, to the aliens) for a woman who will love me and take care of me.
Update!
THEY SENT ME A WOMAN!
I haven’t seen her yet, but there have been signs everywhere. When I came back from hunting the star-gift, my camp had been completely cleaned and reorganized. Curtains were hung (I don’t have windows). There was some onion grass stew on the fire. Simple yet delicious. This camp feels like a home now.
...Update
I didn’t find her, she found me.
“Just look at the dirt on your neck!” she said. I turned around.
My mother.
They sent me my own mother.
