mental link | day :038

[greentech]

[ Pidge's attention is on the nest as a whole and so everyone gets a bit of this broadcast. The same ideas, the same concepts, the same thoughts and words. ]

( So, uh, thanks to everyone who helped me with samples the other night. I've got some good news. I was able to isolate a certain type of radiation hat doesn't seem to have anything to do with the local planet. It might be a fuel source or just leftover energy from whatever makes those circles. )

[ She could talk forever about that, but- ]

( Even better news - I managed to rig up a sensor that'll give us an idea of when they use it again. Maybe even where, if we're lucky. I had to borrow some parts, but it should work fine! )

Comments

[ryohji]

( But if that's all it does, how much better off are we? Assuming, of course, that the symbiote does just as fast of a job. )

[greentech]

( In theory, it can also tell us where they've been. Depending on what that stuff actually is and what kind of residue it is, it might even be able to point us at people who have been exposed to it. )

[ryohji]

( That's a compelling defense of its usefulness. There will be people trusting you'll be proved right, and those hoping you'll never get the chance. )

[ of course he conveniently forgets to mention to which side he belongs. ]

[greentech]

( If we never have to use it, then either something's going horribly wrong or everything is going way too well. )

[ryohji]

( That's the idea. )

[greentech]

( I guess we'll see what happens. )