We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are receiving this message.

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 810.LK-2129.

Certificate number 462. Mother Trees.

Would you say that you and I have a symbiotic relationship?

Is there symbiosis?

This would mean that you and I each rely upon the other but benefit by the relationship overall, right?

Well, that would be a mutualistic symbiosis.

There can also be a parasitic symbiosis.

Oh, symbiosis can be the good kind or the bad kind.

I think, yeah.

So parasitic on the table?

I think.

Yes, then we definitely have symbiosis.

...