Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

“What does the light given off by a star mean?” Alan said.He could speculate with Ava a lot more freely than someunknown member of the crew.“I heard there’s data in it?” she asked.“There’s lots of data in the light given off by a star. Wecan learn it’s temperature and chemical composition,magnetic state, all kinds of things. I imagine we’ll find out alot more about condensates and superconductivity as westudy these signals.”“Intelligent data,” she said.This was the first Alan had heard of that. He wondered ifthat was what Ava wanted him to wait til the hearing to findout. “You must be talking to someone who’s software is moreadvanced than mine. I’ve run filters on the data that’s public,”'and some that wasn’t,' he didn't say, “and found nothing Icould pin down as a transfer protocol or anything like that.”“Is it in bursts?” she asked.“More like noise bursts, but lots of natural phenomenonare bursty, lightning for instance.”“I think it would be fun if there was something out here.Do you think intelligent life could form in a condensate?”To look at her, you wouldn't think she could say that,more evidence that someone was driving her. “You're actuallyAva in disguise aren't you?”“Who’s Ava?” she asked.“She didn’t really introduce herself, but you’ve met her.”“That bitch who caught us last week?” Yellelle asked.49