Native America Page #2

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'We are so far.

Past star systems and colonies.

'And... and consciousness

is sucked away.

'Without thought.

Without dreams.

'What are we

without these things?

'When I am there,

'do I exist?

'And when I am here,

as we move at this speed,

'it is hard to state

exactly where we are.'

[Awan] 'It is strange

for me too, Cane,

'to not have you there.

'But you are on course

to the signal.'

[Cane] 'Yes. We are on course.'

[Awan] 'I have news.

'I am pregnant.'

[Cane] 'Do you know how many?'

[Awan] 'Four. You may begin

to sense them soon.

'That is what we hope.

'There may be a connection.'

[Cane] 'It will be welcome.

'I will inform you

'when their telepathic

connection comes into being.'

Awan is pregnant.

She's going to have children.

Children! That is unexpected.

How many?

Four.

So few?

It's a family trait.

You would prefer twins.

Their more intense connection

would be good for you.

Four will still bring

a strong connection.

Eva is entering stasis.

Cane on deck.

[Cane] 'There is nowhere

for my thoughts to go.

'The silence is not easy.'

[Awan] 'You must find comfort

where you can.

'That is, with your co-pilot.'

[Cane] 'Yes.

'I will try. We will.'

[Awan] 'Connect.

'You were selected

for your compatibility.

'You need this balance.

'Mission Control depends on it.

'We all do.

'As do you both.'

Play transmission.

[Beethoven's Fifth plays]

[Cane] 'The harmony of the

transmission is fascinating.'

[Awan] 'We have studied it

to no avail.

'It does not allow us to access

any further data on its origin.'

[Cane] 'Its beauty

is in its harmony.'

[Awan] 'Beauty?

[Cane] 'Such complexity.

'If I can decipher its message,

'it will help us

when we arrive at it.

'Face to face

with its originators perhaps.'

[Awan] 'Mission Control

would like you to focus

'on the mission, Cane,

'lest you be diverted

by superfluous notions

'such as these.

'Its harmonies are

none of our concern.

'Of your concern, brother.'

[Cane] 'I'm sorry.

I retract those thoughts.

'Solitary, individual thoughts.'

[ Music plays]

[Bleep]

[Eva] 'Cane, why is the signal

playing so loudly?'

[Music stops]

What could we call

the sound, Eva?

Awan and I called it abstract,

or something else.

Perhaps it has a purpose

that we don't understand.

It fascinates me.

Play transmission.

[ Music plays]

Stop transmission.

It troubles me.

Play transmission.

[ Music plays]

- Stop transmission.

- [Music stops]

[Seth] 'Eva, status update.'

[Eva] 'Seth.

'All levels normal.

'Trajectory is good.

'Margin for error

is at a minimum.'

[Seth] 'And Cane?'

[Eva] 'Our connection

is not yet strong.

'But does Awan

not report on him?'

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