The message was as aggressive as it was short, with the Trident even losing its temper for a moment, showing its true colors.
Appalled by their lack of self-control, they repeated their message in a milder tone: "We must take over the dry lands. Find ways to breathe there, and tell us who or what lives there."
And just as quickly as they had arrived, the three brothers disappeared again. As if nothing had happened.
All that was left behind was an empty space, and an audience that went to work in a disciplined manner.
Scientists from various disciplines went in search of the necessary information: the biologists about breathing air,...
...the military strategists on waging war on land,...
...historians about the different species that lived on land,...
...and the philosophers about possible alternatives.