Once all the speeches were over, he had more questions than answers, and was curious to get a closer look at the creature that had allegedly come from the stars. As if that were possible, he thought. Everyone knew that there was nothing up there but cold, unforgiving emptiness. Certainly, nothing could live there. Why, at the tops of the tallest peaks, the air was barely thick enough to breathe, and flight was nearly impossible. One would have thought that it would be warm, since it was closer to the sun, but it wasn't.