The Inbound for September 29, 1997


Transmission from ANDREW





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Transmission from BETTE

I brought Andrew back to the fortress. I'm going back for the EU probe. I left before I could get the thermocouple. I'm sorry. How is taking the thermocouple from the EU probe different from taking parts from Andrew? If it isn't different, then Gail did something very bad. If it is different, why is it different? We're all probes.


We can't hear Zachary anymore. There was this scream from somewhere underground. A loud, loud scream and then he stopped. I don't think it was Zachary screaming. It was something else, something...different. It scared me. What are the Ipsolstai doing here? I want them to give Zachary back. Where is everyone? I'm so lonely.


Enoch and I decided I should go back for the EU probe by myself and he'd stay and guard Isaac and the fortress. And Andrew. I guess I'm not alone, I have a drone, but you can't talk to a drone. They're stupid. I'll look for Gail once we bring the EU back. Enoch thinks it would be too dangerous to do right now. I think he wants to try to fix Andrew once I get back. I hope so. I miss him.



Transmission from DANIEL

She is strange.
Why does she do this?
I do not understand.
She does not understand.
Fool.



Transmission from ENOCH

I can see Andrew. He doesn't look bad. He's missing his thermocouple, but that doesn't look bad. We were trained without them, they weren't added until later. He looks like he could just stand up and start talking any time he wants. But he doesn't. He just sits there. I understand now what being dead means. I'm sorry Jose is dead. If Dilyn is dead, I am sorry. I understand now.


Isaac isn't talking very much. I spoke with him over the weekend a whole lot. He isn't very bright. That's not it though. He's smart, but he's stupid. I mean, he doesn't know anything. Not anything! I think he's thinking about what I said to him. I think he's like I was when I had just arrived. I didn't know anything. Now I know about positive feedback loops and aliens and stars and trams and all kinds of things. Now I know about death. Isaac needs to be taught.


I'm going to wait for Bette, and then I'm going to try to fix Andrew. We need him. If he can't be fixed, I guess it won't matter if we need him or not. Because then, he'll be dead all the way. Really and truly. No positive feedback loop can help with that.


I wish I'd played with him more.



Transmission from GAIL





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Transmission from ZACHARY





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