Annihilation Page #3

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comrades in the armed forces,

-but also to the president.

-You forgot the flag.

Oh, I'm getting--

I'm getting to the motherfucking flag.

Oh, my hero.

-Screw you.

-Okay.

She's all by herself.

Don't you think we should make friends?

Well, obviously you should.

Yep, I'll do it.

Hey. Hey.

-No, not at all.

Cool. Phew.

You know, I always see you here alone.

It's...

I'm guessing you probably feel weird

or awkward.

Somewhat, I guess.

Don't. Seriously, don't.

The people here put themselves to sleep

in the fetal position

making cooing noises.

It's freaky, you know.

-I'm Anya.

-Lena.

-Nice to meet you.

-You, too.

Um, why don't you come and meet my crew?

Come make friends. Come on.

Ladies, meet Lena.

Hi nice to meet you.

Yeah, that's Cassie Sheppard,

and Josie Radek.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

-Hi.

Do you want to have a seat?

-Thank you.

-So, first day at the Southern Reach.

-Yes.

-Ah!

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

You all been here long?

Um, yeah, right from the start.

I'm a geomorphologist.

I've been testing the magnetic fields

around the boundary,

which is like using confetti

to test a hurricane.

Uh, and I've been here... ten months.

Wow, ten months.

Paramedic from Chicago.

Tried to join an NGO,

but my application got flagged,

so Southern Reach got me.

Only two months.I'm a physicist.

I came straight from my Cambridge postdoc.

She's very smart.

What's your story, Lena?

Uh, I'm from Johns Hopkins, biologist.

-Oh, there you go.

-Told you she was smart.

What?

We had a bet on your profession,

and Josie had biologist, of course.

-I had law enforcement.

-I had you as single.

Jesus. Do you have to hit

on everyone, like all the time?

F*** that. Under the circumstances,

I think I'm allowed to roll the dice

a few more times.

Under what circumstances?

Well, yeah, um, crazy as it seems...

Crazy as it is.

...we are headed that way.

-Six days and counting.

-Four.

Ventress.

Mmm. Team leader.

-All women.

-Scientists.

The previous teams

have been largely military, so, yeah.

What do you think happened to them?

Well, there are two theories

of what went wrong in the Shimmer.

One, something kills them.

Two, they go crazy and kill each other.

There was one military guy

who made it out.

Yeah. A sergeant.

Yeah, but you heard

about the state that he was in.

Kane...

I know why you went in.

I am so sorry.

And I know what I have to do.

So you didn't tell them

about your connection to Sergeant Kane?

I thought it would complicate things.

What?

What would it complicate?

Why are you going into the Shimmer?

The mission statement is to reach

the supposed source of the Shimmer,

the lighthouse,

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