"Because they couldn't control it. They can barely contain it. That alien guy in the message--he was stupid. Arrogant. He'd--they'd thought they could control something huge and horrible, and they made a mistake. He'd wanted to pass a message along to his wife, and they all screamed and were afraid."

Looking back at where they'd come from, he said, "They're not different from any of us--they just have better technology, but not technology that's so good that it means they could win whatever war they were fighting. That's just it--we all thought we were grabbed by something massively powerful--so much bigger than us--but we haven't. It looks like they're just really good at using other people and things to do what they want."

He started pacing, "Like in the sarcophagus. The alien referred to it as 'he' and when it looked at the angels, they froze, and I could've sworn I heard yelling..."

Oh, that was horrible. Horrible. "There was something alive in there. Smart, bad people learn to use and manipulate other people to fight their fights for them. That's who we've been taken by. We haven't been taken by scary, faceless gods that can dictate our fates--because a real evil godly-powered thing could kick their butts--and did--and is half out its cage. The ones who took us--they're just partly scavengers, grabbing up useful things and people where they can."