[Short Short] Uncle Meteorite

My uncle is coming home. I have never met him in my entire life. Because he is coming back, my grandmother, while cursing him as 'that prodigal son!', seems somehow happy.

When my grandfather collided with my grandmother, my uncle and mother were born. My mother never left my grandmother's side and became the moon. My uncle, with too much momentum, set off on a journey far away. I wonder what kind of journey my uncle has had, returning to an orbit that intersects with Earth for the first time in hundreds of millions of years.

I am currently at the American Pavilion of the Osaka Expo. I am one of countless siblings (my mother doesn't turn anyone away; it's what's known as an open marriage, which is a hot topic right now), and I am treated as a curiosity as a moon rock.

'Hey, Grandma. When Grandpa collided with you, a lot of living things died, right? Is Uncle going to be okay?'

'That's right. A lot of dinosaurs and such died. But you know, we just exist, so there's nothing we can do about it, is there?'

Grandmother said this and looked at the living things on the surface with a slightly lonely expression.

'But this time, I have to catch him firmly so he doesn't just pass by, don't I?'

A boy stopped in front of me, his eyes shining as he pressed against the glass case. Looking back at him, I sighed, 'It can't be helped, can it?'

End

It's a bit hard to understand, isn't it? This is how I thought about it:

・Grandmother (Earth)
・Grandfather (Comet)
・Uncle (Meteorite, blasted far away by the impact of Grandfather's collision)
・Mother (Moon, based on the theory that debris from the comet collision gathered to form the moon)
・Fathers (Meteorites raining down on the moon)
・Me (Moon rock) I am at the American Pavilion of the Osaka Expo

I participated in Tarahakani-sama's Weekly Short Short [Uncle Meteorite].

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