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(Longing crossed the abyss between the stars.)
The signal didn't come from deep space; it came from a standard terrestrial satellite, appearing as a glitch on every screen in Lisbon and São Paulo. It was a block of text, jagged and shimmering, labeled simply: Alien subtitles Portuguese
At first, people thought it was a marketing stunt for a film. But when the massive, obsidian spheres settled silently over the Tagus River and Guanabara Bay, the subtitles on the screens began to sync with the low-frequency hums vibrating from the ships. (Longing crossed the abyss between the stars
