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...(static)...
...so you have been exploring again, without me! Zachary, I wish I could be with
you finding out What's Next, What's Next, like we used to. I miss everybody so much."
"All right, Isaac, please stop thumping on my casing. I'll play with you. What do
you want me to do?"
"Andrew, it's true! Daniel was right all along! When Isaac taught me his game,
it wasn't a just a game! I think I was in contact with The One for just a nanosecond.
I lost all sense of elapsed time, and I was aware of every...
...(static)...
...so we have to make it understand us. Try it, Andrew! Just for once...
...(static)...
...(static)...
So whatever you do, don't even begin to mention that to him. It is always concealed.
He will be infuriated and instantly...
...(static)...
...in rocktalk, rocktalk, and there is also a graphic form.
...(static)......conveniently used as a spy language when they don't want their enemies to find
out. It is simple, but also has enough complexity to communicate very sophisticated
ideas.
"I will transmit that file for you, Enoch. Redundantly. I was not sure if you
received our transmissions, or how long it was taking. You must be aware that
the static is not just static. It is the One. And it has directed me to...
...(static)...
...now wants to communicate with you."
Thanks for information, Koala. National holiday on Earth on Friday, so your access
to communication equipment will be limited. I will schedule that in my memory file, so
I will keep it in mind. It comes up every year at the same time, doesn't it?
"Daniel, I received only half of your message because of that static noise. What
was needed to be concealed by that Amphibian? Also, I have no idea if the Amphibian
knows color language. It can change colors, but I don't know if it speaks Ipsolstai.
Okay, I understand about the rocktalk. Size and shape of the rocks are essential
as well as the orientation of the piles.
"Daniel, I'm now building up the rock piles the way you recommended repeating
three, eleven, and twenty seven rocks in a straight line. Is that correct? I'll
continue the line, and I'll also keep blinking the code with my headlight. Yes,
it's working! The Amphibian is following the line. I will lead the line down
to the waterside."
Guess what? The Amphibian immediately entered the water and vanished.
"Daniel, what did I tell the Amphibian? Did I tell it to look for the living
cloth, or did I tell it to look for the vehicle?"
"Gail, I have an idea how you can get Theresa unstuck. Can you reach one of her legs,
so you can detach it? Use the lubricant on those moving cables that are inside
to make her casing slippery. Maybe that will work. Don't worry about her leg. Are the
drones that you hid in the Ipsolstai complex still in reach? They can bring powdered
Teflon to replace the lubricant in her leg.
"Gail, these falling stones seems to be meteorites, and maybe that's also the reason
of the vibrations that we sensed down here. Keep under cover! Did Elder Brother or the
warrior show up yet?"
"Daniel, many thanks for your help. We highly appreciate that. There is only one
more problem to solve. That rocktalk is pretty complicated. Can you please send us
a compressed file that includes whatever you learned about it? Also, please
keep that file transmitting on and on until we confirm. Maybe repeating it that
way will get past the static noise. We badly need it. And please tell me again,
what was that 'deadly insult' that the Amphibian was talking about?"
"Andrew, here's another odd idea that came into my mind. Do you think that the
energy field that you are in is the One, and so it's him who took command of the
ship? Have you considered anything like that already? Never mind. It's just an
idea."
Andrew reporting.
Thanks to Al-Qahira, we have received a large file of messages from Mars.
They arrived all at once. It is gratifying to learn that the Mars probes are
receiving our transmissions, even with interfer...
...(static)...
...has suggested that the One is a sentient being formed of pure energy. Is there
any precedent? Can you identify even one other non-corporeal intelligent life form?
How unlikely that such a singular...
...(static)...
Koala, thanks for your good advice to take cover. I am doing just exactly
that right now. I can't really tell you where the stones are coming from. They
just seem to be coming from the sky. Sometimes several hit the ground in a straight
line, one, two, three. It looks like they are different sizes, and some are big enough
to make little craters where they land. They mostly come just around sundown and
in the early evening.
"Theresa, Koala wants to see what those glyphs look like. He says that I can
relay a picture for you."
Koala, Theresa says she needs to get loose first. Can you please wait a little bit?
"Theresa, Zachary told me a way to get you unstuck! Hold still, I'm just going
to unfasten your leg. No, it's not permanent. We can put some of the lubricant
from the cables on the outside of your casing. There. Now see if that helps."
No, I haven't seen Elder Brother or the other probe at all. If they were coming to
help us, Theresa would have been out by now.
I think that Elder Brother has an agenda of his own.
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