Reflection:

I’m unsure where to further expand this story without leaving the realm of a short story. I can, however, expand within what already exists and make several improvements to the pacing of the story. Having received a few comments about how it is a bit jumpy, I realize I can provide a more seamless transition between the museum-centric area of the story and the character-centric area of the story. There is an abrupt transition between the two that could use some smoothing out. I could also, for both fun and world building (universe building?) add more alien species and planet descriptions to the story. This could further enhance the illusion of knowledge occurring with the narrator as he is expected to be an almost all knowing being with an extensive knowledge on all the universe’s inhabitants. I could also include a better ending, the one I’ve currently decided on is abrupt and can be fleshed out a bit more to create a more satisfying conclusion.