An Apology

To whom it may concern,

I am writing this as an apology on behalf of my species to yours. Depending on when you are reading this we are either gone or long gone. If you are reading this I can only assume you have returned to the planet you once called home. Well, the rest of you have I should say. I carved this into a large stone so that it wouldn’t fade quickly.

Even though it is not in your language with how advanced you are compared to us you should be able to decipher it. I apologize in advance for any rubble you had to clean to uncover it. In addition to that, I also apologize for the other messes we left behind. Hopefully, there are still some land animals left despite our rampage. If not then I guess the ones wherever you are from have a new home.

I know by now you’ve already looked at countless ruined buildings and mummified corpses and asked yourselves, “What did they do?”. It was caused largely due to our own greed I’m afraid. We found those crystals you use. Don’t worry. We only used a little bit of them. Two deep-sea explorers discovered the cave you kept them in.

They were quite remarkable and pretty. Just one was enough to power one of our cities. Not to mention we ended up discovering several colors because of them. Unfortunately, some of the more, let’s say, destructive minded of us saw their potential as weapons.