Just Wine

General Iustitia Lancrex, Shegan-X789 Ethics Committee

Office of the Supreme Commander

Department of Justice

Dear General Lancrex,

I have successfully landed on Earth, or rather, Unda-P382 as we call it. I received your message insisting I return to our planet Shegan-X789 however, as I’m sure you will agree with me when you finish reading this, leaving this place is impossible until my research is complete. My work is particularly focused on the human reaction to a beverage called wine.

I landed my ship near a castle called The Alcazar of Segovia in Spain, Europe hoping to observe the supreme leaders of the area. Annoyingly, Humans only visit it rather than dwell within its walls. This was not a total disaster however as I was in a prime location to observe Humans from around the world.

I joined a guided tour that consisted of Humans who were on student exchange. Thankfully, I have been able to maintain invisibility since my arrival and have not been observed. During the tour, the Humans hormonal levels shocked me. My medical scanner diagnosed one of the female Humans with depression, yet her lips were twisted splendidly into a smile, and she laughed beautifully to the pleasure of those around her. How strange these Humans are. What scares them into hiding their authentic selves behind a false facade?

It was at the Jose Maria restaurant where I discovered the importance of wine to these beings. I followed the Humans from the tour group, staying near the female Human as she intrigued me. There we ordered cochinillo, which is roasted suckling pig, and a few bottles of the house wine Tinto “Autor”. My female specimen, for I chose her as the subject of my primary observations, had consumed a few glasses of the richly coloured red wine when I noticed an alteration. Her eyes dropped and her lovely voice ceased. Her lips transmogrified into something hideously false. It was here that I discovered the power of wine. The medical scanner considered her inebriated and no longer able to control the appearance she strove to project. Her beautiful soul was exposed for me to see. When one sees a beautiful soul, one cannot help but love it.

How I love her.

This is the cause of the necessity of my work. Whilst wine affected me little and cannot be of use to our people, it is essential to understand these humans before we choose to annihilate their race. It is my hope that by utilizing wine we may filter the humans, to preserve the beautiful souls, and ensure justice in destruction.

Colonel Tetrax , Unda-P382

(Inspired by https://winetourismspain.com/277/segovia-tour-from-madrid/)