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A luxury interstellar cruise ship disguised as the comet 3I/ATLAS glides through our solar system, treating Earth as just another stop on its "Menagerie Route." From panoramic viewing decks, bizarre and brilliant alien tourists watch humanity the way zoo visitors study clever chimps, fascinated by a species sprinting far beyond its ancestral limits with rockets, networks, and artificial minds. As the tour guide shows them our wars, wonders, and wild experiments with technology, the aliens debate what kind of exhibit we really are: a miracle in progress, a disaster in slow motion, or a brief, shining story they'll see only once before the route moves on.