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@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Ey whirled around to see a dim cone of red light shining on the ground, illumina
There was a small click and then a ray of further red light spread out from a doorway, showing a small hut nestled within the trees. Ey let emself be guided in the door, finding a sparsely decorated room --- a desk, a bed, and a massive cork board nailed to the wall, covered in at least three overlapping layers of notes.
"Thanks for having me," ey said, sitting on the offered chair while Tycho claimed the edge of the bed. Once the door was shut, a switch shifted the red light to a normal, warm desk lamp. "I should've mentioned that I'd be coming over, first."
"Thanks for having me," ey said, sitting on the offered chair while Tycho claimed the edge of the bed. Once the door was shut, a switch in the jamb shifted the red light to a normal, warm desk lamp. "I should've mentioned that I'd be coming over, first."
He waved away the apology. "I knew you'd be here, though I didn't know when."
@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ He nodded. "It all just sounded so normal. There didn't seem like anything else
"Can you tell me more about both?"
"Well, she said that she knew good deal about the communications and that she'd like me to come help her with the mechanics of that. She'd help me out with resources and I'd teach her what I learn about Artemis as I learned it."
"Well, she said that she knew a good deal about the communications and that she'd like me to come help her with the mechanics of that. She'd help me out with resources and I'd teach her what I learn about Artemis as I learned it."
"Artemis? Is that what they're calling the remote...ship? Vehicle?"
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"Does that mean a month before they upload?"
He shrugged. "Not necessarily. They can upload whenever they want, so long as our Ansible is on and the DMZ is ready. I don't think it's on yet, though. There's probably an effective range beyond which the Ansible won't work well."
He shrugged. "Not necessarily. They can upload whenever they want, so long as our Ansible is on and the DMZ is ready. I don't think it's on yet, though. There's probably an effective range beyond which using the Ansible would be risky."
"Alright. Have we received any further communications from them? Their message said that they had a similar mechanism in place. Is that something we'll be able to use? Or want to use, even?"
@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Ey smiled, though ey felt just how tired ey was as ey did so. "Perhaps. I have a
"And if your partners uploaded with you?"
The idea caught em up short, and several trains of thought crunched to a halt within em. "If they..." Ey laughed, shaking eir head. "You know, I hadn't considered that, yet. I wonder why? But yes, if they chose to do so, then yes, I'll go with them."
The idea caught em up short, and several trains of thought crunched to a halt within em. "If they..." Ey laughed, shaking eir head. "You know, I hadn't considered that. I wonder why? But yes, if they choose to do so, then yes, I'll go with them."
The conversation wound on from there, teasing apart a few possible next steps that lay ahead of them, but throughout it all, at least one thread of eir mind was dedicated to picking at that question.