The Orange Bottle

    His bottle was so orange! Like, so orange, you wouldn't even believe it. Even if you saw it, you'd say out loud "I don't believe it." And all of us would be standing around you pointing at the bottle saying "but you see it. Right there, you see it. It's right in front of you. Look at how orange it is!"

    But you'd still say "I don't believe it." And all of us would scoff and say "We don't believe you. It's right there, it's orange. You have to believe it."

    Then you'd shake your head and start walking away, and you think it'd upset us, but really, we know you're the one who's upset. You're the one who's never seen a bottle that orange, and you'd go home and cry into your spaceman pillow, and drink from your plain gray bottle when you were thirsty. But why don't you even believe it? It's obviously so orange!

    But then. . . then you'd remind us. We always forget, but you kindly remind us every time. The aliens flashed your orange receptors when we went to space. When we crossed the 620 nm threshold. You were our captain, and you crossed it first, and the aliens presumed us to be a threat, and so they panicked. They flashed you along the 620 nm band. And that's why you can't see how orange the bottle is. I'm so sorry. . .