Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

such short notice but you didn’t have your comm on.”“It’s dark,” Alan replied, "but if I focus the lantern on it Ican run it and get out to every universe but mine. Thatconnection won’t work til light returns."“I know what you’re sentenced to,” Ava said. “I’m sorry, Iwas willing to let you have all the magic you want in it.”“But you’re right,” Alan said, “I did trigger the war.”“Heavenly Talstan was looking for any excuse.”“I can see them doing this to me just for faking the data,even if it had no other effect. You know I have no idea howthat hack took over the Brazilian expedition,” Alan said,trying to make excuses for the war.She went along with his sentence and removed her dressas he stretched out on the bed with her. While she did that shesaid, “I don’t see any way it could have been prevented. Theywouldn’t have expected a thing, the pod looks like it couldhave been a natural object and it’s in such a convenientdocking point. As soon as they opened an EVA contactchannel they would have been had. They never had any ideawhat signals went out their hi-gain transmit antenna, and wehave no idea what that expedition actually input to thatantenna’s amplifier. But like I said, we can have thisconversation at work.” Then she came at him in a way thatmade him think Yellelle was really her after all.56