Cleo Is Given A Nasty Shock

(Children's POV)

We are the Techilik.

Our race is strong and united.

No creature could resist our will to survive. 

It is the destiny of all biological life to join our family and become one.

Individuality is a burden.

Free will is a beautiful lie. 

For eons, our kind has roamed the known universe and brought millions of lifeforms into our matrix.

They fight, cry and struggle but eventually join us. 

They also strengthen us. 

Make us better.

Make us perfect.

Until one day we encountered something strange... 

We were trapped in a prison by an entity that we could not comprehend.

Even now we still cannot remember the events of what happened that day.

Time passed endlessly in that dark hole until one of our kind managed to escape.

We discovered hope once more.

The units may die but the group will survive.

But the universe has changed.