When the aliens finally arrived, they didn’t expect to be greeted by a deeply contemplative amphibian radiating cosmic ennui. Pepe wasn’t prepared either - he just happened to be in the middle of an interdimensional daydream when they showed up.
Confused by his expression of quiet despair, the extraterrestrials assumed he was the emotional leader of Earth. Diplomatic relations began immediately, mostly consisting of long silences, dramatic sighs, and the universal language of awkward eye contact.
Thus began the most accidentally philosophical first contact in galactic history.
Illustration drawn in Procreate by Dehiscence, April 2025.
