Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

“I think it’s a natural phenomenon,” she said, “and I camein here to find you, not your work, not my work.”“Personally, I think it’s Jesus you’re looking for but youcan’t admit it. There’s a war on and most of us are gatheringto Him while you are standing there lost. Come into the foldand you’ll find me.”She said nothing about his reference to our lord. Sheprofessed belief, but seldom acted on it and almost nevertalked of religion, often rolled her eyes when he did. “I guesswith the war on I’m ashamed to delve into something thatesoteric when we should be looking for the roots of thatdoomsday device.”“The Brazilians couldn’t have put a system out here,” hesaid.“They got to 61 Cygni, they launched nine starships thatwe know of, “Ava told him. “We know the one to Tau Cetialso got thru and found a habitable planet.”"If that is true, maybe they put this here, in that case weneed to study it for the war effort.""You will twist and turn any way you need to make thesesignals the most important thing in your life won't you?" Avaasked.He wasn’t about to say that he felt called to study thesesignals. She would laugh at him and he would find that hardto forgive. Instead he tried to think of it from her point ofview, at least her conscious point of view and not the depthsof her soul that she seldom explored. "You know what I think141