<P> The two characters are intelligent beings capable of traveling faster than light , on a mission to `` contact , welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe . '' Bisson 's stage directions represent them as `` two lights moving like fireflies among the stars '' on a projection screen . They converse briefly on their bizarre discovery of carbon - based life , which they refer to incredulously as `` thinking meat '' . They agree to `` erase the records and forget the whole thing '' , marking the Solar System `` unoccupied '' . </P>
<P> The two characters are intelligent beings capable of traveling faster than light , on a mission to `` contact , welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe . '' Bisson 's stage directions represent them as `` two lights moving like fireflies among the stars '' on a projection screen . They converse briefly on their bizarre discovery of carbon - based life , which they refer to incredulously as `` thinking meat '' . They agree to `` erase the records and forget the whole thing '' , marking the Solar System `` unoccupied '' . </P>
in the short story they 're made out of meat who are the main characters
in the short story they 're made out of meat who are the main characters
intelligent beings capable of traveling faster than light , on a mission to `` contact , welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe . ''
intelligent beings capable of traveling faster than light , on a mission to `` contact , welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe . ''