Using a stealth drone, Alfred, a government agent, monitored the aliens who had claimed Mars.


    Static appeared, and he saw his mirror image.


    “What the heck?” Alfred smacked the viewer.


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    “Don’t worry, Alfred, it’s working fine. But, unfortunately for you, we know everything you do.”


    The view spun 360–up, down, and around him.


    “You see, Alfred when our ambassador first came to Earth, we injected her with self-replicating nanites. They spread everywhere and bonded to every surface on your planet. So as you act and speak, we watch and listen.”


    Alfred tossed the viewer to the ground and shouted.