Zenara's Diary - 4

Within these past few months, the situation has changed drastically. I've begun to make headway on little Astralym's true nature. Astralym could be called a sort of |terraforming terminal.|

It absorbs energy from the planet to fuel its growth, while simultaneously converting that power into a completely unknown form of energy within its body. That energy is capable of replacing any and all known matter with another specific kind of matter, one that bears a striking resemblance to Astralym's own body tissue.

In other words, it consumes and reconstitutes the planet, and in doing so reproduces.

It's a mechanically perfect life-form, one that has no need for sentience.

...It would be so much simpler if it didn't have any.

Lately, having grown to a massive size, it has begun communicating with me through an unknown means, its voice resonating directly inside my mind. Though its attempts are clumsy, it is trying to use our language.

It bears us no ill will. The question is, how can we coexist?

If the top brass discovers the truth about it, the consequences will be dire... They'll either demand its extermination, or seek to weaponize it.

I must find a way forward.