Encounters Out There

"Centuries ago, 'The Gifters' came from a faraway place," said Stan, Jenna's personal cyborg teacher.

"Where?" asked Jenna.

"We never discovered, but they brought us the devices that can read our minds and provide anything we want. It wasn't easy …"

"Difficult?"

"Yes, and it had nothing to do with their devices, instead Earth's own people."

"Go on ..."

"Powerful and vocal reactionary groups kept claiming: 'We had to struggle; this will make everyone all weak; it's communism; it's a con!"

"What happened to them?" asked Jenna.

"Rumor has it they survive in primitive self-exile. Somewhere back on Earth …"