Finding Mr. Perfect
If Kenneth were truly someone who had outgrown the human species, he was a very bored alien at the moment.
When he got up on stage, the assistant put the crown over his head. The host requested a speech, and the man dryly said, “Thank you. ‘Most Likely to Outgrow the Human Species.’ That’s… incredibly comforting. Nothing says ‘we appreciate you’ like suggesting I belong to a higher life form.”
“Here we go,” at Freya’s table, Milo remarked. “Speech with Kenneth’s sarcasm. This is truly gold.”
Kenneth: “Just to clarify, I’m not actively trying to evolve beyond humanity. It’s just… some of you make it really tempting.”