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I found it incredibly dark yet humorous that the humans in this story were able to invent nanite bombs capable of galactic destruction, but they still couldn't find a cure for cancer.
They also apparently have a gene-therapy drug based on the nanites... then again we don't know the timeframe. The daughter could be several years dead before the nanite was actually useable. And when they said their nanite bomb simulations were not conclusive it would suggest the tech was fairly recent.
there was a story prompt on insta a few months ago: "they laughed when they heard humans have rules when it comes to war. they stopped laughing when they experienced first hand what humans can do, when they no longer follow the rules."
I see almost no one in the comments talk about how Carl is an absolute legend. The guy managed to single-handedly dominate the greatest threat in the story, while having a concussion and next to nothing available at hand. And then he went on doing the craziest piloting ever few days after. Honestly, Carl rocks.
I'm about an hour and 15 minutes in, and this is oddly adorable and wholesome. The aliens thought humans were these cute and peaceful puppies, and then as soon as they bring out the WMDs all the aliens think they're these eldritch, otherworldly demons and incarnations of death and destruction. And then each time the aliens think something bad will happen, the humans are just super chill and super sweet.
@@endymionselene165 The irony is if you sent it to an indie studio, it would do it justice. A big studio will only warp the story to their cookie cutter template because they think it makes money.
I've heard the first part of this story on other channels. This is by the best produced version. I'm absolutely stunned this isn't an audio book I paid for. That's how good the quality is.
I still can't believe Ula tought she was right until the end. She almost doomed the whole universe. The human weapons where the only one that could stop the treat. If she truely helpd them their where at least some lives saved from that planned and Byem did not have to be in so much pain. He did not have to be on te run. She killed millions of lives and nearly killed the whole universe. Byem was right she was a true monster.
The word "fanatic" was a good description of Ula. We all have bias and tends to pick a side, politically, professionally, and in our personal day-to-day decisions. It's when we are so adamant that our belief is the only truth and righteous that often becomes scary. Geopolitically, we want the country that we are living in to do better than others, and it's this others-have-to-fail so we can succeed mentality that will perpetuate wars and lots of other nasty human tendencies. Fortunately, we also have the propensity to do good so we have that going for us.
I rarely listen to audiobooks but I am thankful to you for making this and UA-cam putting this in my recommended. I was enthralled from the beginning to the end. You are true skilled as a narrator.
Thank you so much 😊 I love telling stories and never thought I'd get this popular - it's mind blowing since all the experience I ever had up until recently was telling stories to my children 🤯
@@adastra1978just found your channel. This is truly a step above Net Narrator and Agro Squerril. The sound effects are a cool addition. I've listened to this story before but your telling is a step above.
"For the sake of the universe, don't invent anymore bombs. I think humanity has enough as is" I mean- he's got a point- even IRL the world has enough nukes to end Humanity many times over . To Add: on my rewatch this time around, I found a certain quote which is able to answer itself "It was unclear whether they would stick to the concept of a proportional response" To that I reply, Operation Praying Mantis
Not really, bombs we have today dont heave nearly enough punch to end the world, not even wipe all humans out, it would however send us to the stone ages (remember even if it would kill 99% of human population there would be still millions of humans left and I personally think even all nukes would take out maybe 90%, including aftereffects, which means billions left, still tragedy tho).
@@belisarian6429 I mean, if you and I fight, and I end up dead, but you end up losing all your limbs and long-term brain damage, yet survived, did you really win? I suppose, but at what cost. We have sufficient nuclear weapons, albeit some being outdated, to cause permanent irreparable damage from a human viewpoint. The Earth will recover, I'm not so confident we humans will, and lots of other species co-existing with us would likely be extinct, more than what we are already responsible for already. I just hope that we will never resort to nuclear warfare, or any more wars at that.
@@belisarian6429 what about all the other missiles and nuclear radiation, by targeting sources of sustenance the world would not have sufficient supplies to rebuild, not to mention the other methods, should sufficient gases be released into atmosphere after the bombings there would no longer be enough air to breathe and those are only the methods i could think of, if total annihilation was the goal then we are certainly more than equipped to do so
@@JaneDoe-xi1sn Ok then consider this, humans are very durable and adaptable, we can survive harshest conditions like freezing temperatures on poles, hot and dry on deserts, high pressure of deep ocean even vacuum of space. We have remote habitats and villages in every corner of our planet(+ bunkers and submarines that are also super resistant to most stuff unless it directly hits them). I think it is safe to say that we could in super hard conditions outlast probably all the mammals. Now consider that our arsenal of weapons is like 1/10000 or maybe even less of power than asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs, which mammals still survived. Sure, it would be super hard time with ton of dead, then period of low population and low lifespan due to the aftereffects of it all and it would take us hundreds maybe thousands years to fully recover, but we as species we would survive. Also what do you mean not enough air to breathe? Like poisonous gases? We dont have nearly enough, we can poison few cities and thats it. Or you mean somehow kill all the plants so we dont have oxygen or something? Even if that was possible there is enough oxygen in atmosphere for like thousand of years, probably more if you kill large portion of consumers.
@@belisarian6429 hmmm, good point. perhaps i am underestimating us humans. alright then instead of conventional explosives an weaponry; we remove the ozone layer, surely that will be enough to kill us all right? i don't know how that would be accomplished but i think we could do it if we wanted to
Bruh, rykov and his brother put at risk their lives, careers, and what would be irreparable damage to earths standing in the galaxy because rykov felt bound to save kilon's life, kilon witnessed the humans literally do things that dont make any sense to avoid hurting people, and only when left with no other option did they do the unthinkable, with the blessing of himself, and a member of the species affected. And in the end he betrays all that trust to begin would would amount to an interstellar version of nuclear proliferation, which the humans themselves even warned against in this very story. Not to mention the entire galaxy almost just kinda up and went, "yeah humans are evil" after they literally saved the federation fleet in their only showing of violence since they even joined the federation.
The point of the story was that we are more advanced in warfare because we already did things in our past that would be considered unthinkable. Kilon became "human" in the end. He did exactly what one of us would have done. There is no way we'd let our species be left behind just to save face
i guess warhammer got it right? lol the aliens are both naive and selfish, humans too op and also too... trusting? decent story for a boring work day i suppose.
@@devonwilliams7972 Yeah I don't blame Kilon at all and was kind of rooting for him to do that. Sort of. I wouldn't trust Humans to just "play nice" forever since we know how well that turns out lol.
@@utes5532i think it could easily be a short novel or a short film with more backstory. pretty entertaining because the thought is realistic because us as a species is capable of a lot of compassion but also horrible things.
@@utes5532 yup 4 hours makes for quite the short audiobook just this past week I finished a 48 hr story but what can I say when its good its good. If this had more to it I wouldn't hesitate to listen no matter the length
The coffee part. Imagine trying to explain that it's actually a toxin. That we ingest because what it does negatively to us is what we want it to do to us. XD
Bruh, the aliens will be like this race has the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, has no fear of death AND inject themselves with toxin for shits and giggles. Im sure the updated aggression scale would shot up to like 50 😂
I listened to every single part of this as it came out on tiktok on car rides with my wife when we went out for anything. Im excited to listen to it all in one uninterrupted piece. Thank you for being an joy to listen to and help bring some more joy into my life with your reading.
Did I just watch a the full four hours of this story in one sitting ? Yes, yes I did. Would I do it again for a second part? Yes, yes I would. This was absolutely amazing from beginning to end. The creativity and detail that described each event perfectly making me visualize everything like it was so real almost having me forget I’m reading this off of a screen and having me truly envision each moment as if it was happening right before my eyes. Masterfully done. I commend you for the incredible work you’ve put into this !
That was quite enjoyable. One thing that stuck out to me is the plot point of secret stealth technology on the part of the Federation. The existence of the stealth ships and listening post seems like something that humanity could have made use of politically. A program like that existing without at least one member race, in this case humanity, being in on it seems like solid justification for at least some of humanities exposed covert operations. At the very least the stealth ships should completely predate the events of the story. I wonder what other member races were unaware of their existence.
Probably 4 of the best hours I've spent listening to something different, in a very long time. Dark as hell and sad at times, yet light hearted and funny at other times. The different voices doing the reading were great, easy to listen to and understand.
The ending is bittersweet as fuck byem's race is extinct Kilon can't go home Raikov has to deal with the pain of killing millions Ula died though so I'd say its about even
Your narration ability is on par with Andy Serkis, Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry. I'm very picky about audio narration and would, 99% of the time, prefer to read things myself. However, this is absolutely brilliant.
@@adastra1978 I don't mind that. What I dislike is when people use AI as a proxy for actual expression. Writing lines they didn't think of and whatnot. Using it as an ehancement to your expression is pretty alright.
This needs so much more attention! Best narrated audiobook I've found myself just pausing everything to listen to the end. Wonderful job in bringing mister SpacePaladin's story to life! I'm not very good at sitting through episodal content, so will give any past or future complete videos of yours a listen when ever I can! This one I'll deffo put back on my playback list again in the very near future.
This is a well put together story. Comparable to either the Star Trek universe or Star Wars universe. I enjoyed the entire telling of this story. KEEP THEM COMING!!!
I started this on TikTok and found this video halfway through the series. Excellent story, and also my first audiobook. It had everything a story should have… love, pain, pride, and sacrifice. I know the chance is slim, but if this ever gets a film, I would love to watch it.
I’ll be honest, not sure how I feel about the ending, but overall this was an incredible read/listen, thank you so much for putting the time into making this as good as it is
It's kind of like an atomic bomb situation all over again. The protagonist hides some of those nanites in his water bottle and plans to reverse engineer and share them across the federation. It implies that it will initiate an arms race across the galaxy to counter balance human technology.
This was amazing. While family sat and listened to it! Kiddo didn’t even understand Star Trek but was absolutely riveted by it and begged to stay up past bedtime to listen! I cannot understate how good this was and how good this was.
This is a massively underrated piece of sci-fi writing. I was totally invested and felt genuinely sad when I thought a certain character was going to die so soon. I'm assuming you created the voices using AI voice changers? The intonations and pauses seem natural, but I recognize some of the stock AI voices.
Great story. Don't care who wrote it anymore than who painted a picture. It's art and should be shared. Who shares and how they share should have proportional profit on delivery. Great concept. Listening to stories like this to get thru the grind and add interest and excitement to days that could use the boost is much appreciated.
Humans always look for peace, first. Sometimes. But even tho, they build weapons of mass destruction for their own safety and for emergency. And we use on each other. I loved this story! Truly amazing.
I want to say, and emphasized, i have easily listened to more than two dozen audiobooks, i wouldnt be surprised if it was closer to 50, even fully budgeted and staffed audiobooks and or dramatic performances. The production quality of this story/video, is by far the best thing i have ever heard, there is always music, there is always sound effects, each character has a distinct voice whether tonally, character wise, or like digitally altered, and it just continues to astound me how absurdly good this is to just be some random video i stumbled upon and not distributed by some large company with a whole team on it!
just stumbled onto this from a random YT recommendation.... and i've never bothered or had interest in audiobooks... i listened in for the first minute out of curiosity of what the deal about them was, i love Sci-FI and the story's premise was quite interesting. Very quickly i became captivated and listened more and more and soon after I became committed to listening to all 4 hours of this... it's 2am and i'm only 2 hours in, but the hell if i'm not finishing this tonight! I'm in it for the next 2 hours. Great story, Great job. I'm likely still not going to engage with or change my mind on Audiobooks by much, but still, i have enjoy greatly this one. Edit: Also, as someone who reads slow and has comprehension issues from audio alone, being able to listen and see the words to be able to comprehend/read along with the audio was greatly appreciated!
I appreciate your different voices with the voice changer, sound effects, and background music/voices. This is the first of your videos I've watched but I already subscribed. You already have a spot along with Argo Squirrel Narrates among my list of favorite narrators on UA-cam. Keep up the great work.
Holy Mother of God! I just shared your video to my FB feed, as I'm a huge scifi fan and this has been one of the few videos of this type that has piqued my interest... As someone who has studied politics, sociology & the natural sciences, this whole story, although written for TikTok/YT, has all the hallmarks of the best that comes from science fiction... Exploring the human condition, from the perspective of peoples without any actual knowledge of our species capacities for good or ill, in this way is such an exciting way to study ourselves... One can never be truly objective when writing any sort of fiction, we all know this, however looking at ourselves from the veil of the other does allow us to reflect upon our strengths & our flaws... Sorry if I'm gushing, but I literally just sat through this & despite even my ADHD I was enthralled... I hope you have more stories like this, and if you ever need an extra voice, feel free to let me know. I'm a vocalist & I have a rather large contingent of music & sound production resources at my disposal, and a love of performance & literature that hasn't lessened after 40+ years of life... Amazing!!
If you’re into those and sci-fi then you should be interested in SpacePaladin15 new story called Nature Of Predators that is now being narrated by adastra
Even with the nanite bomb and such, it took the "Shields at 96%," moment for me to really register just how absurdly out-teched Earth had the rest of the Federation. Shmeesh. Also, fantastic editing! If I hadn't known you were the only person that had read this, the only clue would've been the matched accent across the characters.
You've done an amazing job in crafting a compelling story. The idea of applying a Cold War concept to a future galactic setting is an original idea, and done well. I can guarantee that if there is a galactic federation in the future like this, I can imagine that there would always be distrust of humans. Aliens have probably been watching humanity for centuries, but much the way we watch animals in the wild to study us. At present they probably consider us far too primitive and violent to be considered openly contacted
This was fantastic. A totally different take on humans joining other alien races in the future. I just wanted to see where the story went and couldn't stop listening, I wanted to see where this story was headed. In my opinion the telling of the story and the pacing was captivating, for what it's worth I give it a 10/10. My only gripe is I can't give the video more than one like.
This was such a good listen!!! Science fiction and space-themed fantasy are not something I listen/read often but the way this was presented and narrated was just too good! Definitely saving this to listen to again at another time.
I feel like i read an early version of this somewhere on the internet many years ago. It's really cool to see this expanded out into what is essentially a full novella.
The need to redownload Stellaris and remake my peaceful science nerds Empire that would just sit there and win through Tech and having the strongest ships when provoked.
This was great. Did it all in one piece. It hooked me on with the title (I truly commend the author on this - it has the right blend of mystery and a promise, that is delivered, to it) and even more important, kept me engaged. Well, I'd expect some aliens to be more... well... alien, but for once, it felt refreshing for humans being actually the most advanced of the bunch. I wonder where his inspiration came from... it felt like playing a 4x game like Endless Space (that's not an criticism - merely an observation) as humans with number of AIs while being the most powerful faction and having a considerable lead in science but focusing on trade and diplomacy for the sake of playing nice, while maintaining absolute hell of a warfleet. Yes, I could definitely imagine a story based on some of it from the perspective of the heroes involved, with just some little embelishment and stakes thrown in.
For the more alien part they are alien but in the end of the day are sentinel species so the will be more similar that different, especially after many generations of contact with human
This is incredibly good, I've loved listening through this. I hated Ula, but I understood her fear in context, creating a slippery slope for her. I loved the growing friendship between the general and the commander. Carl and Byem were a great too, even coming in later into the story. What a thoroughly entertaining ride!
Just want you to know I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED listening to this story and Narration. Spot on Sir! The story itself brought me back to listen to it again and comment because I enjoyed it so much. Thank You. Good mix of voices! Back to listening!
I thoroughly enjoyed this; you are an excellent narrator. There are parts of the story that are a bit... incongruent, but as a narrator that is hardly on you. For example: The Human ambassador's words about aggression in the beginning. One does not bury one's aggression, you integrate it. You get to know intimately exactly how ugly your dark side is, so you know what you are capable of, both mentally and physically. If you just bury or reject the darkness within you, all you are doing is put a lid on a boiling kettle. It will first leak, and then unless you do something about it, it will explode, At that point, you are being controlled by your aggression. The concept of a humanity who has (mostly) mastered their inborn aggression and thus avoids aggression because they know what they are capable of is both appealing and noble.
Well, it's shown pretty well through the rest of the tale that your complaint is *perfectly* accurate. The ambassador's a politician, making her a biased, flawed, source. And she's talking to a collection of races that don't, apparently, share that same capacity for aggression, or the same, just... acceptance of it as a natural part of themselves.
I have watched, star wars(ALL!! twice each), StarTrek, Battle Galactica, StarGate... I have never exercise my imagination at this level, I'd very much love to see this as a TV series
Without a doubt one of the best pieces of sci fi I've ever stumbled across. If this isn't competantly produced into live action series at some point I'll be genuinely upset.
You'd be more upset when some company actually does make it into a live action and doesn't follow the proper story and it ends up like the world of war craft movie
I must say I'm disappointed that the drunken Kilon scene didn´t make it in the video. Seriously thou I'm amazed that we watched 4 hours on tiktok and didn´t notice. I must say tho, the laughing really has improved and flows beautifully now. I hope to see more of you in the future
Potential spoiler if you have not listened to the whole story. I don’t know about anyone else but I was completely invested in Kilon and when he got shot I was like “NO!”. I enjoyed all the voice work and narration I could feel the characters emotions
This was honestly beautiful. It’s so crazy to me that another human thought of this incredible story on their own and made such an incredible story line and followed so throughly with it. This is one of the best stories I have honestly ever read.
I’ve never listened to your content before but I am glad that UA-cam recommended this to me. I’m definitely going to watch a lot more of your videos. This was absolutely amazing. Great story and great story telling ❤
Can someone explain something for me? I don't mean to be critical, but I can't comprehend the premise. The federation's best diplomats and most peaceful species reveal that they have great power previously unknown, and this leads to them being seen as a threat. And then, in order to combat that "threat", the idea is... to sever ties with and alienate the most powerful species in the galaxy? This is a species that could make you disappear without breaking a sweat, and yet your plan is to *not* be their ally? I'm sorry but that's so irrational that I couldn't get into what's otherwise a cool and interesting story.
Well i think most other species are just scared knowing that a weapon that has no counter is out there and the speaker is the only one trying to alienate the humans for some stupid bs. And the public is the public
the main speaker is a fanatic who is unable to comprehend people and other like wise species being good. in my eyes, this is her fear and her praying on others fear of humans
2:57:44 I thought Rykov here would say: "...and the Federation calls *us* cruel?" Thanks for making this video, I really enjoyed it! The music and occasional sound effects reaally made the experience complete
This is the first EVER audiobook I have almost fully completed and plan on fully completing your narration is amazing sir, would you ever consider the Eragon series?
I had no idea what this was when I clicked on it in my recommendations. You kept me engaged through the entire story, so I kept listening until the end.
I do like this story but how the aliens react in the start always seems very unbelievable to me. Unlike Nature of Predators where it makes some sense early on and then makes more and more sense later. This story gets good, but the start always bugged me. Should have spent more time with the beginning. Maybe have the Terrans do something far worse than a nanite bomb. Something that would explain the hostility they received for...saving their friends? I can also hear the progress you have already made with the AI narration and placement of effects from these earlier stories to the later ones and the nature of predator's stories. Don't get me wrong the early stuff is still good but its clear you are expanding and learning more and more. Good stuff
Huh. What do ya know? I had gone until today not listening to an audio book. I prefer actually reading. This was engaging. Kept my attention enough. I like this!
I honestly came just to leave a comment laughing at the title but i started listening to the story a little and im glad i did. It gets good quick and is very good.....and.....accurate😉. Im no Alexander or Napoleon just a regular American veteran and ive seen such horrible things men do to other men. Maybe one day we will learn to be peaceful like we are in this story. I doubt it though ✌🏻
Dropped in by chance...and got hooked into binge watching (/listening) the whole 4 hours none stop. I think this should tell you about the quality of narration and presentation - and the quality of the story as well, of course. Thanks to SpacePaladin15 for writing this and making it publicly available. And thanks to Adastra for putting it into this format and placing it on UA-cam. Side note: As I was both listening and reading: I found two occurrences where text and spoken version did not fully match. Oversight or purpose?
I love how the 'human obsession with nanites' honestly mirrors how we viewed atomic technology in the 50s and early 60s. We were using it for *EVERYTHING* we could think to at the time. Bombs. Deployable systems in the form of recoilless rifles. Air to air missiles. Hell, the US military tried to develop atomic *handgrenades*. Humanity has this unbelievable ability to keep finding new uses for a basic technology, and those uses are all over the place.
Hi guys, could you please do me a favour and watch my monetised version of this video - it would really help me keep producing content. And best of all, it would stick it to the man for demonetising my hard work on this. Thank you 👍🙏😊
ua-cam.com/video/huC3Nkf7FLk/v-deo.htmlsi=vIXgTd1tyDOHTSXi
Where? How?
@@simi6275 it's on my channel, I'll post a link.
Sure thing mate!
@@adastra1978 just cause u said that, I will not
No
I found it incredibly dark yet humorous that the humans in this story were able to invent nanite bombs capable of galactic destruction, but they still couldn't find a cure for cancer.
I didn't realize that when I first listened to it lol
It sounds about right to be honest lol. Weapons of mass destruction? Sure! Cure for an extremely deadly disease? Not profitable enough
I mean, cancer is hard to kill
They also apparently have a gene-therapy drug based on the nanites... then again we don't know the timeframe. The daughter could be several years dead before the nanite was actually useable. And when they said their nanite bomb simulations were not conclusive it would suggest the tech was fairly recent.
Thank goodness we're actually having some decent progress in that field.
there was a story prompt on insta a few months ago: "they laughed when they heard humans have rules when it comes to war. they stopped laughing when they experienced first hand what humans can do, when they no longer follow the rules."
it’s all fun and games until humanity starts treating the Geneva convention as a bucket list
"Good men don't need rules. Today's not a good day to find out why I have so many" - Dr Who
Humanity First!!!
FIRE MELTA TORPEDOES!!!
@@deadeye9439 FOR THE EMPEROR
@@deadeye9439 "I hereby sign a death warrant of an entire world..."
Humans may be low on the aggression index, but we're top contenders on the "me personally, I wouldn't let that slide" index.
Best comment award
@@ytsinayliterally copied the reddit comment
Or top the "You've just entered the found out stage"
I see almost no one in the comments talk about how Carl is an absolute legend.
The guy managed to single-handedly dominate the greatest threat in the story, while having a concussion and next to nothing available at hand.
And then he went on doing the craziest piloting ever few days after. Honestly, Carl rocks.
The Stealth didn't fail. Carl's balls was so huge it had a radar cross section as big as a death star.
@@Shinobubu a deathstar?? my guy its as big as 7 mars combined
@@meh92 I might be too far away to realize they are indeed several martian planets combined.
I'm about an hour and 15 minutes in, and this is oddly adorable and wholesome. The aliens thought humans were these cute and peaceful puppies, and then as soon as they bring out the WMDs all the aliens think they're these eldritch, otherworldly demons and incarnations of death and destruction. And then each time the aliens think something bad will happen, the humans are just super chill and super sweet.
We're BBS 🥺, but love war 😈
This should become a limited TV series or cartoon. This is phenomenal!
A series starting at the end of this. Then a movie with this history...
I have a feeling that it will get screwed up badly these days.
1:57:14
@@endymionselene165 The irony is if you sent it to an indie studio, it would do it justice. A big studio will only warp the story to their cookie cutter template because they think it makes money.
Play Mass Effect, it follows a similar story line
I've heard the first part of this story on other channels. This is by the best produced version. I'm absolutely stunned this isn't an audio book I paid for. That's how good the quality is.
Oh wow i seriously watched 4 hours of content in shorts?!
My thoughts exactly
Holy shit I had the same thought
You don't think about it, then BOOM! Time has flown by ya.
Dont worry too much i like to listen to it as i fall asleep. Helps me drift off.
I think all of us did hahaha
I still can't believe Ula tought she was right until the end. She almost doomed the whole universe. The human weapons where the only one that could stop the treat. If she truely helpd them their where at least some lives saved from that planned and Byem did not have to be in so much pain. He did not have to be on te run. She killed millions of lives and nearly killed the whole universe. Byem was right she was a true monster.
It just shows how people think. no matter the alien race, everyone is a little human so to speak.
@@lupvirga"Spock, you want to know something? _Everybody's_ human." -Captain J.T. Kirk, _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_
The word "fanatic" was a good description of Ula. We all have bias and tends to pick a side, politically, professionally, and in our personal day-to-day decisions. It's when we are so adamant that our belief is the only truth and righteous that often becomes scary. Geopolitically, we want the country that we are living in to do better than others, and it's this others-have-to-fail so we can succeed mentality that will perpetuate wars and lots of other nasty human tendencies. Fortunately, we also have the propensity to do good so we have that going for us.
@@LordMarcus it's given, considering humans write the characters
There's nothing quite so dangerous as an individual who is fully confident they are right.
I rarely listen to audiobooks but I am thankful to you for making this and UA-cam putting this in my recommended. I was enthralled from the beginning to the end. You are true skilled as a narrator.
Thank you so much 😊 I love telling stories and never thought I'd get this popular - it's mind blowing since all the experience I ever had up until recently was telling stories to my children 🤯
@@adastra1978 we all are your children now. Please continue 😊
@@adastra1978just found your channel. This is truly a step above Net Narrator and Agro Squerril. The sound effects are a cool addition. I've listened to this story before but your telling is a step above.
@@rexmann1984 Really? Sure sounds like a computer generated voice to me.
@@miked.9364I'm pretty sure it's computer generated speech but I mean it's pretty good so 🤷🏻♂️
"For the sake of the universe, don't invent anymore bombs. I think humanity has enough as is"
I mean- he's got a point- even IRL the world has enough nukes to end Humanity many times over
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To Add: on my rewatch this time around, I found a certain quote which is able to answer itself
"It was unclear whether they would stick to the concept of a proportional response"
To that I reply, Operation Praying Mantis
Not really, bombs we have today dont heave nearly enough punch to end the world, not even wipe all humans out, it would however send us to the stone ages (remember even if it would kill 99% of human population there would be still millions of humans left and I personally think even all nukes would take out maybe 90%, including aftereffects, which means billions left, still tragedy tho).
@@belisarian6429 I mean, if you and I fight, and I end up dead, but you end up losing all your limbs and long-term brain damage, yet survived, did you really win? I suppose, but at what cost. We have sufficient nuclear weapons, albeit some being outdated, to cause permanent irreparable damage from a human viewpoint. The Earth will recover, I'm not so confident we humans will, and lots of other species co-existing with us would likely be extinct, more than what we are already responsible for already. I just hope that we will never resort to nuclear warfare, or any more wars at that.
@@belisarian6429 what about all the other missiles and nuclear radiation, by targeting sources of sustenance the world would not have sufficient supplies to rebuild, not to mention the other methods, should sufficient gases be released into atmosphere after the bombings there would no longer be enough air to breathe and those are only the methods i could think of, if total annihilation was the goal then we are certainly more than equipped to do so
@@JaneDoe-xi1sn Ok then consider this, humans are very durable and adaptable, we can survive harshest conditions like freezing temperatures on poles, hot and dry on deserts, high pressure of deep ocean even vacuum of space. We have remote habitats and villages in every corner of our planet(+ bunkers and submarines that are also super resistant to most stuff unless it directly hits them). I think it is safe to say that we could in super hard conditions outlast probably all the mammals.
Now consider that our arsenal of weapons is like 1/10000 or maybe even less of power than asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs, which mammals still survived.
Sure, it would be super hard time with ton of dead, then period of low population and low lifespan due to the aftereffects of it all and it would take us hundreds maybe thousands years to fully recover, but we as species we would survive.
Also what do you mean not enough air to breathe? Like poisonous gases? We dont have nearly enough, we can poison few cities and thats it. Or you mean somehow kill all the plants so we dont have oxygen or something? Even if that was possible there is enough oxygen in atmosphere for like thousand of years, probably more if you kill large portion of consumers.
@@belisarian6429 hmmm, good point. perhaps i am underestimating us humans.
alright then instead of conventional explosives an weaponry; we remove the ozone layer, surely that will be enough to kill us all right? i don't know how that would be accomplished but i think we could do it if we wanted to
Bruh, rykov and his brother put at risk their lives, careers, and what would be irreparable damage to earths standing in the galaxy because rykov felt bound to save kilon's life, kilon witnessed the humans literally do things that dont make any sense to avoid hurting people, and only when left with no other option did they do the unthinkable, with the blessing of himself, and a member of the species affected. And in the end he betrays all that trust to begin would would amount to an interstellar version of nuclear proliferation, which the humans themselves even warned against in this very story. Not to mention the entire galaxy almost just kinda up and went, "yeah humans are evil" after they literally saved the federation fleet in their only showing of violence since they even joined the federation.
The point of the story was that we are more advanced in warfare because we already did things in our past that would be considered unthinkable. Kilon became "human" in the end. He did exactly what one of us would have done. There is no way we'd let our species be left behind just to save face
I'd like to think Kilon got killed rq after the ending cuz if he did something human like then humans would be expecting it.
i guess warhammer got it right? lol
the aliens are both naive and selfish, humans too op and also too... trusting? decent story for a boring work day i suppose.
@@devonwilliams7972 Yeah I don't blame Kilon at all and was kind of rooting for him to do that. Sort of. I wouldn't trust Humans to just "play nice" forever since we know how well that turns out lol.
@@TheSweetSpiritbut they did play nice for presumably how ever many centuries they were unified and apart of the federation
I cannot believe i just listened to a 4 hour audio story and actually enjoyed it
This could be a sci fi novel
4 hours isn't that long for an audio book lol
@@Bobo-ox7fj Why do you think they're agony? I rather enjoy them myself
@@utes5532i think it could easily be a short novel or a short film with more backstory. pretty entertaining because the thought is realistic because us as a species is capable of a lot of compassion but also horrible things.
@@utes5532 yup 4 hours makes for quite the short audiobook just this past week I finished a 48 hr story but what can I say when its good its good. If this had more to it I wouldn't hesitate to listen no matter the length
thank you so much for compiling the episodes together. im so excited to see where this channel goes from here
You're welcome - fingers crossed it will continue to grow 😊
@@adastra1978 have you ever considered to audiolize "The road not taken"? I really like that one :D
The coffee part. Imagine trying to explain that it's actually a toxin. That we ingest because what it does negatively to us is what we want it to do to us. XD
Bruh, the aliens will be like this race has the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, has no fear of death AND inject themselves with toxin for shits and giggles. Im sure the updated aggression scale would shot up to like 50 😂
@@fazzfaiez4496 imagine their reaction to the average medieval torture chamber and the sheer dedication we have to create the perfect torture device
I found you on TikTok but this is even better.... I re-listened to the whole thing again. Well done sir. I hope that you keep going in this direction.
Thank you 😊
I did too, paladin15 made a great story, and adastra is awesome for. Bringing it to light
SAME! Im so happy I found this again! I loved it when new ep's came across my FYP and now with them all together?! *chefs kiss*
Yea, the tiktok reddit stories (almost) always lead to a beautiful creation
It was only until Chapter 8 that I realised an hour had passed, it genuinely felt like the intro - I'm that gripped by the story hahaha
I listened to every single part of this as it came out on tiktok on car rides with my wife when we went out for anything. Im excited to listen to it all in one uninterrupted piece. Thank you for being an joy to listen to and help bring some more joy into my life with your reading.
Did I just watch a the full four hours of this story in one sitting ? Yes, yes I did. Would I do it again for a second part? Yes, yes I would. This was absolutely amazing from beginning to end. The creativity and detail that described each event perfectly making me visualize everything like it was so real almost having me forget I’m reading this off of a screen and having me truly envision each moment as if it was happening right before my eyes. Masterfully done. I commend you for the incredible work you’ve put into this !
That was quite enjoyable. One thing that stuck out to me is the plot point of secret stealth technology on the part of the Federation. The existence of the stealth ships and listening post seems like something that humanity could have made use of politically. A program like that existing without at least one member race, in this case humanity, being in on it seems like solid justification for at least some of humanities exposed covert operations. At the very least the stealth ships should completely predate the events of the story. I wonder what other member races were unaware of their existence.
Probably, given that none of the species seem to spy on each other.
Even now, we spy the SHIT outta one another
Honestly there were many unexpanded upon ideas. But it's a 4 hour audiobook so that's the cost of brevity.
Probably 4 of the best hours I've spent listening to something different, in a very long time. Dark as hell and sad at times, yet light hearted and funny at other times. The different voices doing the reading were great, easy to listen to and understand.
The ending is bittersweet as fuck byem's race is extinct
Kilon can't go home
Raikov has to deal with the pain of killing millions
Ula died though so I'd say its about even
Oh please let someone make this into a film, tv series, mini series, anything. Absolutely brilliant.
Just uhh... dont let it be given to the wrong hands of a conpany or else it woulve been different
Your narration ability is on par with Andy Serkis, Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry. I'm very picky about audio narration and would, 99% of the time, prefer to read things myself. However, this is absolutely brilliant.
Thank you so much 😁 I'm blown away by how much everyone likes my narration. All i did to train was read to my kids and have zero acting experience!
its an ai generated voice
@averagesoymilkenjoyer2809 not completely, It's my live narration run through an AI voice changer.
@@adastra1978thanks for clearing that!
@@adastra1978 I don't mind that.
What I dislike is when people use AI as a proxy for actual expression. Writing lines they didn't think of and whatnot.
Using it as an ehancement to your expression is pretty alright.
This needs so much more attention! Best narrated audiobook I've found myself just pausing everything to listen to the end. Wonderful job in bringing mister SpacePaladin's story to life! I'm not very good at sitting through episodal content, so will give any past or future complete videos of yours a listen when ever I can! This one I'll deffo put back on my playback list again in the very near future.
This is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you for bringing this incredible story to life like this!
You're welcome- thank you very much 😊
This is a well put together story. Comparable to either the Star Trek universe or Star Wars universe. I enjoyed the entire telling of this story. KEEP THEM COMING!!!
I started this on TikTok and found this video halfway through the series. Excellent story, and also my first audiobook. It had everything a story should have… love, pain, pride, and sacrifice. I know the chance is slim, but if this ever gets a film, I would love to watch it.
It's just amazing! I have always loved intergalactic things. And a massive thanks to all the voice actors
Thank you - there's just me on my own using a voice changer 😊
@@adastra1978 What! They almost felt like different people. You are talented;)
@@lord2397 thank you, I only really started this year too and the only experience I have is reading to my kids - I can't believe how it's taken off!
@@adastra1978that’s crazy, this is the first video I’ve stumbled across and I’m hooked. You got another sub
I’ll be honest, not sure how I feel about the ending, but overall this was an incredible read/listen, thank you so much for putting the time into making this as good as it is
What happened at the end? I'm scared
@@Astickkkk you need to watch it to understand
If you believed for a second that The Agency didn't have an asset following Kilov 24/7... They probably retrieved the bottle and killed Kilov.
It's kind of like an atomic bomb situation all over again. The protagonist hides some of those nanites in his water bottle and plans to reverse engineer and share them across the federation. It implies that it will initiate an arms race across the galaxy to counter balance human technology.
This is the greatest story i have ever heard, it was so cool, thank you for making it possible for us to listen to this
You're welcome 😊
How the fk can a random video on youtube be so much better than 90% of spacetravel movies/series.
Well done mate 11/10
Thank you 😊
This was amazing. While family sat and listened to it! Kiddo didn’t even understand Star Trek but was absolutely riveted by it and begged to stay up past bedtime to listen!
I cannot understate how good this was and how good this was.
This is a massively underrated piece of sci-fi writing. I was totally invested and felt genuinely sad when I thought a certain character was going to die so soon.
I'm assuming you created the voices using AI voice changers? The intonations and pauses seem natural, but I recognize some of the stock AI voices.
Indeed it's kinda tough to suspend disbelief on some sentences but others are very good
I would love to reread this again for the first time. I remember reading the first chapter and didnt stop all day till the end.
Great story. Don't care who wrote it anymore than who painted a picture. It's art and should be shared. Who shares and how they share should have proportional profit on delivery.
Great concept.
Listening to stories like this to get thru the grind and add interest and excitement to days that could use the boost is much appreciated.
The level of work in the production of this audio book is on par with professional production companies! Very well done!
This is the furor of humanity I hope and works towards.
Power corrupts the weak.
The strong overpower power.
Caught bits and pieces of this on Tictok. Looking forward to hearing the whole story!!!!!
Humans always look for peace, first. Sometimes. But even tho, they build weapons of mass destruction for their own safety and for emergency. And we use on each other.
I loved this story! Truly amazing.
This was amazing 🎉 felt like 20 min. Well done will listen to it again. Can't accept it's over..... 😢 please narrate other stories too...
The dramatization was wonderful. I had heard this story in the past, but this version brought it to life!
This was an amazing Series thanks for Narrating it!
I want to say, and emphasized, i have easily listened to more than two dozen audiobooks, i wouldnt be surprised if it was closer to 50, even fully budgeted and staffed audiobooks and or dramatic performances. The production quality of this story/video, is by far the best thing i have ever heard, there is always music, there is always sound effects, each character has a distinct voice whether tonally, character wise, or like digitally altered, and it just continues to astound me how absurdly good this is to just be some random video i stumbled upon and not distributed by some large company with a whole team on it!
Just found this video thanks to the recommendation. 4 hours, I must say, this was one of the best stories I listen. Thank for you work
just stumbled onto this from a random YT recommendation.... and i've never bothered or had interest in audiobooks... i listened in for the first minute out of curiosity of what the deal about them was, i love Sci-FI and the story's premise was quite interesting. Very quickly i became captivated and listened more and more and soon after I became committed to listening to all 4 hours of this... it's 2am and i'm only 2 hours in, but the hell if i'm not finishing this tonight! I'm in it for the next 2 hours. Great story, Great job.
I'm likely still not going to engage with or change my mind on Audiobooks by much, but still, i have enjoy greatly this one.
Edit: Also, as someone who reads slow and has comprehension issues from audio alone, being able to listen and see the words to be able to comprehend/read along with the audio was greatly appreciated!
SpacePaladin15 is making a new story called Nature Of Predators if you’re interested in sci-fi but the universe is different
I appreciate your different voices with the voice changer, sound effects, and background music/voices. This is the first of your videos I've watched but I already subscribed. You already have a spot along with Argo Squirrel Narrates among my list of favorite narrators on UA-cam.
Keep up the great work.
It's an ai application lol
@@monsieurpasta4922he narrates everything, he just uses ai to change/alter his voice
Love this story, I had heard it once before but never with this level of thought and effort put into it. You’re doing great work!
Holy Mother of God! I just shared your video to my FB feed, as I'm a huge scifi fan and this has been one of the few videos of this type that has piqued my interest... As someone who has studied politics, sociology & the natural sciences, this whole story, although written for TikTok/YT, has all the hallmarks of the best that comes from science fiction... Exploring the human condition, from the perspective of peoples without any actual knowledge of our species capacities for good or ill, in this way is such an exciting way to study ourselves... One can never be truly objective when writing any sort of fiction, we all know this, however looking at ourselves from the veil of the other does allow us to reflect upon our strengths & our flaws...
Sorry if I'm gushing, but I literally just sat through this & despite even my ADHD I was enthralled... I hope you have more stories like this, and if you ever need an extra voice, feel free to let me know. I'm a vocalist & I have a rather large contingent of music & sound production resources at my disposal, and a love of performance & literature that hasn't lessened after 40+ years of life...
Amazing!!
If you’re into those and sci-fi then you should be interested in SpacePaladin15 new story called Nature Of Predators that is now being narrated by adastra
Even with the nanite bomb and such, it took the "Shields at 96%," moment for me to really register just how absurdly out-teched Earth had the rest of the Federation. Shmeesh.
Also, fantastic editing! If I hadn't known you were the only person that had read this, the only clue would've been the matched accent across the characters.
Effectively the bfg 10k from doom eternal being fired at a ship
One of the best audiobooks I have heard in a long time.. unique written style. worth a listen.
You've done an amazing job in crafting a compelling story. The idea of applying a Cold War concept to a future galactic setting is an original idea, and done well. I can guarantee that if there is a galactic federation in the future like this, I can imagine that there would always be distrust of humans. Aliens have probably been watching humanity for centuries, but much the way we watch animals in the wild to study us. At present they probably consider us far too primitive and violent to be considered openly contacted
It’s not his
This was fantastic. A totally different take on humans joining other alien races in the future. I just wanted to see where the story went and couldn't stop listening, I wanted to see where this story was headed. In my opinion the telling of the story and the pacing was captivating, for what it's worth I give it a 10/10. My only gripe is I can't give the video more than one like.
Just found this, this morning. Listened to it all day at work. Bravo
This was such a good listen!!! Science fiction and space-themed fantasy are not something I listen/read often but the way this was presented and narrated was just too good! Definitely saving this to listen to again at another time.
SpacePaladin15 is creating a new story as well
Goddamn to think this was just somewhere on reddit is mindblowing better than any book ive read in the recent years
I feel like i read an early version of this somewhere on the internet many years ago. It's really cool to see this expanded out into what is essentially a full novella.
Fantastic story, loved Killon pulling through for his homeworld
Great story and presentation!
Looking forward to more epic stories from you!
🎉😀🤩
The need to redownload Stellaris and remake my peaceful science nerds Empire that would just sit there and win through Tech and having the strongest ships when provoked.
This was great. Did it all in one piece. It hooked me on with the title (I truly commend the author on this - it has the right blend of mystery and a promise, that is delivered, to it) and even more important, kept me engaged. Well, I'd expect some aliens to be more... well... alien, but for once, it felt refreshing for humans being actually the most advanced of the bunch. I wonder where his inspiration came from... it felt like playing a 4x game like Endless Space (that's not an criticism - merely an observation) as humans with number of AIs while being the most powerful faction and having a considerable lead in science but focusing on trade and diplomacy for the sake of playing nice, while maintaining absolute hell of a warfleet. Yes, I could definitely imagine a story based on some of it from the perspective of the heroes involved, with just some little embelishment and stakes thrown in.
If you want to know there are many more like these under Hfy
For the more alien part they are alien but in the end of the day are sentinel species so the will be more similar that different, especially after many generations of contact with human
I'm highly invested in this story :D
Went through it in 2 sittings ! keep up the good work !
This is incredibly good, I've loved listening through this. I hated Ula, but I understood her fear in context, creating a slippery slope for her. I loved the growing friendship between the general and the commander. Carl and Byem were a great too, even coming in later into the story. What a thoroughly entertaining ride!
Just want you to know I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED listening to this story and Narration. Spot on Sir! The story itself brought me back to listen to it again and comment because I enjoyed it so much. Thank You. Good mix of voices! Back to listening!
I thoroughly enjoyed this; you are an excellent narrator.
There are parts of the story that are a bit... incongruent, but as a narrator that is hardly on you. For example: The Human ambassador's words about aggression in the beginning.
One does not bury one's aggression, you integrate it. You get to know intimately exactly how ugly your dark side is, so you know what you are capable of, both mentally and physically. If you just bury or reject the darkness within you, all you are doing is put a lid on a boiling kettle. It will first leak, and then unless you do something about it, it will explode, At that point, you are being controlled by your aggression.
The concept of a humanity who has (mostly) mastered their inborn aggression and thus avoids aggression because they know what they are capable of is both appealing and noble.
Well, it's shown pretty well through the rest of the tale that your complaint is *perfectly* accurate. The ambassador's a politician, making her a biased, flawed, source. And she's talking to a collection of races that don't, apparently, share that same capacity for aggression, or the same, just... acceptance of it as a natural part of themselves.
I'm thoroughly impressed. This is a work of SciFi to rival some of the great authors of the genre. Bravo! What's next? I'm waiting with baited breath.
This from /hfy he did not write it
Nature Of Predators a new story by SpacePaladin15 which is the same writer which is now being narrated here now
Started on tik tok. Rushed here to listen to it. Shared with friends that I know will enjoy it. Can't wait to see your channel grow.
Only 17 minutes in and Im on the edge of my seat! Thank you so much for all of your work bringing this to life!
I have watched, star wars(ALL!! twice each), StarTrek, Battle Galactica, StarGate... I have never exercise my imagination at this level, I'd very much love to see this as a TV series
Without a doubt one of the best pieces of sci fi I've ever stumbled across. If this isn't competantly produced into live action series at some point I'll be genuinely upset.
You'd be more upset when some company actually does make it into a live action and doesn't follow the proper story and it ends up like the world of war craft movie
I must say I'm disappointed that the drunken Kilon scene didn´t make it in the video. Seriously thou I'm amazed that we watched 4 hours on tiktok and didn´t notice. I must say tho, the laughing really has improved and flows beautifully now. I hope to see more of you in the future
Wait it isn’t
i found this in tiktok and got hooked. 😌
Holy smokes you’ve turned this into a dang Radio Play. Bravo
Potential spoiler if you have not listened to the whole story.
I don’t know about anyone else but I was completely invested in Kilon and when he got shot I was like “NO!”. I enjoyed all the voice work and narration I could feel the characters emotions
Thats some amazing voice acting right here. And it's completely free. Thanks for making this, this comment is for praise and for the algorythm.
This was honestly beautiful. It’s so crazy to me that another human thought of this incredible story on their own and made such an incredible story line and followed so throughly with it. This is one of the best stories I have honestly ever read.
This is actually really good guys. Should make a few books and sell them on audible. I would purchase in a heart beat
I've watched a few of these on TikTok before I lost the channel. Thank you so much for this amazing story!!!!
I’ve never listened to your content before but I am glad that UA-cam recommended this to me. I’m definitely going to watch a lot more of your videos. This was absolutely amazing. Great story and great story telling ❤
Holy shit. Finally finished watching and the author is an absolute wordsmith.
Can someone explain something for me? I don't mean to be critical, but I can't comprehend the premise. The federation's best diplomats and most peaceful species reveal that they have great power previously unknown, and this leads to them being seen as a threat. And then, in order to combat that "threat", the idea is... to sever ties with and alienate the most powerful species in the galaxy? This is a species that could make you disappear without breaking a sweat, and yet your plan is to *not* be their ally?
I'm sorry but that's so irrational that I couldn't get into what's otherwise a cool and interesting story.
Well i think most other species are just scared knowing that a weapon that has no counter is out there and the speaker is the only one trying to alienate the humans for some stupid bs. And the public is the public
the main speaker is a fanatic who is unable to comprehend people and other like wise species being good. in my eyes, this is her fear and her praying on others fear of humans
2:57:44 I thought Rykov here would say: "...and the Federation calls *us* cruel?"
Thanks for making this video, I really enjoyed it! The music and occasional sound effects reaally made the experience complete
This is the first EVER audiobook I have almost fully completed and plan on fully completing your narration is amazing sir, would you ever consider the Eragon series?
That’s a story that I simply had to listen to all the way through, brilliant work. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Great Narration and Great Story!
I had no idea what this was when I clicked on it in my recommendations. You kept me engaged through the entire story, so I kept listening until the end.
I do like this story but how the aliens react in the start always seems very unbelievable to me. Unlike Nature of Predators where it makes some sense early on and then makes more and more sense later. This story gets good, but the start always bugged me. Should have spent more time with the beginning. Maybe have the Terrans do something far worse than a nanite bomb. Something that would explain the hostility they received for...saving their friends?
I can also hear the progress you have already made with the AI narration and placement of effects from these earlier stories to the later ones and the nature of predator's stories. Don't get me wrong the early stuff is still good but its clear you are expanding and learning more and more. Good stuff
Fkn love Nature Of Predators
Huh. What do ya know? I had gone until today not listening to an audio book. I prefer actually reading. This was engaging. Kept my attention enough. I like this!
This was great, can't wait for more ❤
This is the best telling of this story I've ever come across. Thank you!
Being peaceful and non aggressive overall does not mean weak or unprepared... these aliens seem unable to grasp that concept.
A 50 year SF reader here. Good story, a little polish on it and I'll see it in the bookstores soon.. Good Job!
I honestly came just to leave a comment laughing at the title but i started listening to the story a little and im glad i did. It gets good quick and is very good.....and.....accurate😉. Im no Alexander or Napoleon just a regular American veteran and ive seen such horrible things men do to other men. Maybe one day we will learn to be peaceful like we are in this story. I doubt it though ✌🏻
Dropped in by chance...and got hooked into binge watching (/listening) the whole 4 hours none stop. I think this should tell you about the quality of narration and presentation - and the quality of the story as well, of course. Thanks to SpacePaladin15 for writing this and making it publicly available. And thanks to Adastra for putting it into this format and placing it on UA-cam. Side note: As I was both listening and reading: I found two occurrences where text and spoken version did not fully match. Oversight or purpose?
This was incredible, I was going to listen to this while doing work today, and well, I didn't do much. This was truly captivating. +1 sub
I love how the 'human obsession with nanites' honestly mirrors how we viewed atomic technology in the 50s and early 60s. We were using it for *EVERYTHING* we could think to at the time. Bombs. Deployable systems in the form of recoilless rifles. Air to air missiles. Hell, the US military tried to develop atomic *handgrenades*. Humanity has this unbelievable ability to keep finding new uses for a basic technology, and those uses are all over the place.
So... he pretty much took weapons that were being used 100% responably, and gave them to a universe that has the possablty to not.
I WANT PART 2!!!!
OMG! I loved this on TikTok and to have it as one long audio is incredible! Thank you!
great series and genius narration, i want to forget everything to watch it again, can't wait for beyond the void👍
What a masterpiece. I need more stories about this length to listen to. Thank you guys
Me at 10:50pm 5 minutes in: oh this seems interesting but I won’t do all 4 hours that’s crazy
Me currently at 2:50am: I regret nothing 😅