I realize you can just answer, “mysterious aliens beyond our understanding,” but why would a space probe have a mandate of either talk to a whale for 30 seconds or destroy Earth and disable everything in its path on the way to Earth?
Why? What does that achieve?
Bc the mice that ran the universe in order to find the question that answered everything decided to call in someone to check in on their friends the dolphins, and the whales… never mind, I’ve said too much already!🤪