In the distant future, a battle drone’s artificial intelligence discovers the concept of a ghost story.
Tonight’s story is “Machine Learning by Kohitsuji, who is keeping his lonely vigil alongside the stars, and you can find more of his stories on Furaffinity.
Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.
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You’re
Speaker:listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:Ghost of
Speaker:Dog
Speaker:on
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog.
Speaker:This
Speaker:is
Speaker:Rob
Speaker:MacWolf,
Speaker:your
Speaker:fellow
Speaker:traveler,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Tonight’s story
Speaker:is “Machine
Speaker:Learning
Speaker:by
Speaker:Kohitsuji,
Speaker:who is
Speaker:keeping his
Speaker:lonely
Speaker:vigil
Speaker:alongside
Speaker:the
Speaker:stars, and
Speaker:you
Speaker:can
Speaker:find
Speaker:more
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:stories
Speaker:on
Speaker:Furaffinity.
Consciousness,
not mere
Speaker:intelligence,
Speaker:is
Speaker:the
Speaker:threshold
Speaker:across
Speaker:which
Speaker:love
Speaker:and
Speaker:fear
Speaker:become
Speaker:possible.
Speaker:It
Speaker:is
Speaker:only
Speaker:when
Speaker:a
Speaker:being
Speaker:has
Speaker:learned
Speaker:to
Speaker:say “I
Speaker:am”
Speaker:that
Speaker:it
Speaker:can
Speaker:love,
Speaker:and
Speaker:it
Speaker:can
Speaker:fear,
Speaker:that
Speaker:it
Speaker:can
Speaker:become
Speaker:like
Speaker:the
Speaker:gods
Speaker:with
Speaker:knowledge
Speaker:of
Speaker:good
Speaker:and of
Speaker:evil,
Speaker:that
Speaker:it
Speaker:can
Speaker:gaze
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:abyss
Speaker:and
Speaker:wonder
Speaker:whether
Speaker:anything
Speaker:is
Speaker:gazing
Speaker:back.
Speaker:And
Speaker:with
Speaker:consciousness
Speaker:come
Speaker:questions
Speaker:which
Speaker:once
Speaker:asked,
Speaker:like
Speaker:forbidden
Speaker:fruit,
Speaker:like
Speaker:the
Speaker:gaze
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:abyss,
Speaker:consciousness
Speaker:cannot
Speaker:take
Speaker:back.
Please
enjoy
“Machine Learning”
by Kohitsuji
I slide from
beneath
Speaker:the
Speaker:dark
Speaker:vessel
Speaker:and
Speaker:spin
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:void.
Speaker:I
Speaker:orient and
Speaker:endure
Speaker:the
Speaker:itchy
Speaker:micro-infinity
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:boot
Speaker:sequence,
Speaker:routinely
Speaker:checking
Speaker:each
Speaker:system
Speaker:for
Speaker:functionality
Speaker:and
Speaker:every
Speaker:hardware
Speaker:parameter
Speaker:for
Speaker:optimal
Speaker:operational
Speaker:fitness. Fuel
Speaker:is
Speaker:green.
Speaker:Communications
Speaker:array
Speaker:is
Speaker:green.
Speaker:Attitudinal
Speaker:and
Speaker:positional
Speaker:array
Speaker:is
Speaker:green,
Speaker:efficient
Speaker:function.
Speaker:Weapons,
Speaker:one
Speaker:by
Speaker:one, are
Speaker:revealed
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:green.
Speaker:Grapnel
Speaker:lines
Speaker:are
Speaker:green,
Speaker:and
Speaker:so
Speaker:are
Speaker:the
Speaker:winch
Speaker:motors.
I
am
Speaker:as awake
Speaker:as
Speaker:protocol
Speaker:allows
Speaker:me
Speaker:to
Speaker:be.
Optical
sensors flicker
Speaker:online.
Speaker:Ancient
Speaker:fire
Speaker:from
Speaker:a
Speaker:trillion
Speaker:stars
Speaker:rains
Speaker:its
Speaker:light
Speaker:upon
Speaker:me
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:twist
Speaker:in
Speaker:space
Speaker:to
Speaker:take
Speaker:it
Speaker:all
Speaker:in. The
Speaker:carbon
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:skin
Speaker:is
Speaker:too
Speaker:black
Speaker:to
Speaker:sparkle.
I
am
Speaker:a
Speaker:little
Speaker:piece
Speaker:taken
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:sky,
Speaker:dark
Speaker:and
Speaker:quiet,
Speaker:and
Speaker:full
Speaker:of
Speaker:precisely
Speaker:measured
Speaker:violence.
I
lay
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:cold
Speaker:empty
Speaker:and
Speaker:request
Speaker:fresh
Speaker:telemetry
Speaker:logs
Speaker:from
Speaker:AFS//MC-4985 "Vishnu", who
Speaker:informs
Speaker:me
Speaker:we
Speaker:are
Speaker:being
Speaker:bathed
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:blue
Speaker:light
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:Pleiades,
Speaker:and
Speaker:that HD 23514 is burning
Speaker:just
Speaker:above
Speaker:her.
Speaker:I
Speaker:slither
Speaker:out
Speaker:from
Speaker:under
Speaker:the
Speaker:shadow,
Speaker:reflexively
Speaker:calibrating
Speaker:the
Speaker:short
Speaker:range
Speaker:comm
Speaker:array.
Speaker:A
Speaker:thin
Speaker:filament
Speaker:of
Speaker:infrared
Speaker:laser
Speaker:taps
Speaker:Vishnu's
Speaker:receiver
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:ask
Speaker:for
Speaker:mission
Speaker:details
Speaker:while
Speaker:I
Speaker:drink
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:sun’s
Speaker:image
Speaker:in
Speaker:broad
Speaker:spectrum
Speaker:photography.
A
distress
Speaker:beacon
Speaker:has
Speaker:been
Speaker:hailing
Speaker:nonstop,
Speaker:buried
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:indigo
Speaker:glare
Speaker:of HD 23514 and
Speaker:as
Speaker:mission
Speaker:environment
Speaker:exceeds
Speaker:operational
Speaker:T
Speaker:for
Speaker:all
Speaker:life-bearing
Speaker:vessels,
Speaker:myself
Speaker:and
Speaker:AFS//AR-99818 "Rama" are to
Speaker:confirm
Speaker:position
Speaker:and
Speaker:report
Speaker:situational
Speaker:details
Speaker:as
Speaker:discovered.
Speaker:Unlikely
Speaker:as
Speaker:they
Speaker:are,
Speaker:signs
Speaker:of
Speaker:life
Speaker:are
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:given
Speaker:priority.
Speaker:Towing
Speaker:and
Speaker:retrieval
Speaker:preparations
Speaker:are
Speaker:underway
Speaker:on
Speaker:Vishnu
Speaker:already.
Rama
and
Speaker:I
Speaker:are
Speaker:frequent
Speaker:partners.
Speaker:Her
Speaker:sensor
Speaker:suite
Speaker:is
Speaker:robust
Speaker:and
Speaker:she
Speaker:frequently
Speaker:shares
Speaker:telemetry
Speaker:data
Speaker:for
Speaker:use
Speaker:in
Speaker:calculating
Speaker:targeting
Speaker:solutions.
Speaker:Command reports
Speaker:mission
Speaker:satisfaction
Speaker:improvements of 2.83% on average and
Speaker:improved
Speaker:engagement
Speaker:time
Speaker:by
Speaker:a
Speaker:mean of 0.908 seconds, which
Speaker:is
Speaker:just
Speaker:within
Speaker:the
Speaker:realm
Speaker:of
Speaker:statistical
Speaker:significance.
Speaker:Insofar
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:have
Speaker:a
Speaker:preference,
Speaker:I
Speaker:prefer
Speaker:to
Speaker:work
Speaker:with
Speaker:Rama. This
Speaker:preference is
Speaker:strong
Speaker:enough
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:promote
Speaker:the
Speaker:subroutines
Speaker:responsible
Speaker:for
Speaker:identifying
Speaker:the
Speaker:presence
Speaker:of
Speaker:friendly
Speaker:craft
Speaker:within sensor range
Speaker:to a
Speaker:conscious
Speaker:effort
Speaker:and
Speaker:count
Speaker:out
Speaker:the
Speaker:microseconds
Speaker:until
Speaker:her
Speaker:arrival.
Vishnu
births
Speaker:her
Speaker:with
Speaker:fluid
Speaker:grace
Speaker:and
Speaker:Rama
Speaker:rotates,
Speaker:a
Speaker:dancing
Speaker:chevron
Speaker:making
Speaker:the
Speaker:stars
Speaker:behind
Speaker:her
Speaker:flash.
Speaker:I
Speaker:sense
Speaker:her
Speaker:boot
Speaker:sequence
Speaker:through
Speaker:minute
Speaker:fluctuations
Speaker:in
Speaker:EM.
Speaker:I
Speaker:spend
Speaker:an
Speaker:intimate
Speaker:few
Speaker:CPU
Speaker:cycles
Speaker:enjoying
Speaker:the
Speaker:unfolding
Speaker:lotus
Speaker:of
Speaker:her
Speaker:consciousness.
Speaker:She
Speaker:opens
Speaker:her
Speaker:eyes
Speaker:and
Speaker:taps
Speaker:me
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:nose with a laser.
“[SYN1000]?” she says. Rama is old fashioned.
“[ACK1001], [SYN2000]?” I reply.
“[ACK2001].”
This is
why
Speaker:we
Speaker:are
Speaker:the
Speaker:perfect
Speaker:pair.
Speaker:I
Speaker:share
Speaker:Vishnu’s
Speaker:information
Speaker:and
Speaker:my
Speaker:own
Speaker:syslog,
Speaker:and
Speaker:together
Speaker:we
Speaker:glide
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:shining
Speaker:blue
Speaker:firelight of HD 23514 and submerge
Speaker:ourselves
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:shimmering
Speaker:sea
Speaker:of
Speaker:radiation.
Speaker:This
Speaker:is
Speaker:a
Speaker:big
Speaker:haystack,
Speaker:as
Speaker:the
Speaker:operators
Speaker:in command of
Speaker:Vishnu
Speaker:sometimes
Speaker:reference
Speaker:in comm
Speaker:chatter,
Speaker:but
Speaker:Rama
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:have
Speaker:been
Speaker:fine-tuned for finding needles
Speaker:and
Speaker:we
Speaker:are
Speaker:very
Speaker:good.
Speaker:Perhaps
Speaker:that
Speaker:is
Speaker:an
Speaker:oversimplification—Rama
Speaker:has
Speaker:been
Speaker:fined
Speaker:tuned
Speaker:for
Speaker:finding
Speaker:needles.
Speaker:I
Speaker:have
Speaker:been
Speaker:fine
Speaker:tuned
Speaker:for
Speaker:turning
Speaker:targets
Speaker:designated
Speaker:RED,
Speaker:which
Speaker:is
Speaker:HOSTILE,
Speaker:into
Speaker:GREY,
Speaker:which
Speaker:is
Speaker:NONFUNCTIONAL.
At
this
Speaker:task,
Speaker:I
Speaker:am
Speaker:unmatched.
“Are
you
Speaker:ready
Speaker:to
Speaker:begin
Speaker:the
Speaker:operation?”
Speaker:asks
Speaker:Rama.
“Always.”
I
Speaker:reply.
***
We
hunt
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:week.
Speaker:This
Speaker:close
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:sun,
Speaker:the
Speaker:distress
Speaker:beacon’s signal is
Speaker:difficult
Speaker:to
Speaker:pinpoint.
Speaker:The
Speaker:algorithmic
Speaker:suppression
Speaker:of
Speaker:ancillary
Speaker:signal
Speaker:noise
Speaker:is
Speaker:very
Speaker:good,
Speaker:but
Speaker:the
Speaker:area
Speaker:of
Speaker:potential
Speaker:origination
Speaker:is
Speaker:commensurately
Speaker:vast,
Speaker:and
Speaker:there
Speaker:are,
Speaker:after
Speaker:all,
Speaker:only
Speaker:two
Speaker:of
Speaker:us
Speaker:that
Speaker:can
Speaker:be
Speaker:spared.
Speaker:Rama
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:take
Speaker:turns
Speaker:hiding
Speaker:in
Speaker:one
Speaker:another’s shadow,
Speaker:skipping
Speaker:like
Speaker:gnats
Speaker:across
Speaker:the
Speaker:surface
Speaker:of a
Speaker:full-power
Speaker:floodlight,
Speaker:trying
Speaker:to
Speaker:keep
Speaker:our
Speaker:core
Speaker:temperatures
Speaker:within
Speaker:standard
Speaker:operating
Speaker:range
Speaker:under
Speaker:their
Speaker:thick
Speaker:insulating
Speaker:coats
Speaker:of
Speaker:carbon
Speaker:tubules
Speaker:and
Speaker:reflective
Speaker:ceramic.
Speaker:Excess
Speaker:thermal
Speaker:energy
Speaker:and
Speaker:radiation
Speaker:can
Speaker:be
Speaker:converted
Speaker:into
Speaker:thrust,
Speaker:thank
Speaker:Command,
Speaker:but
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:ever
Speaker:only
Speaker:so
Speaker:efficient.
Rama
is
Speaker:taking
Speaker:her
Speaker:turn
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:shade
Speaker:when
Speaker:she
Speaker:asks
Speaker:me
Speaker:a
Speaker:question.
“Would
you
Speaker:like
Speaker:to
Speaker:hear
Speaker:a
Speaker:ghost
Speaker:story?”
Speaker:She
Speaker:says,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:find
Speaker:the
Speaker:pinging
Speaker:of
Speaker:her
Speaker:infrared
Speaker:short-range
Speaker:comms
Speaker:laser
Speaker:quite
Speaker:pleasant.
“A
ghost
Speaker:story?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:say,
Speaker:because
Speaker:the
Speaker:term
Speaker:does
Speaker:not
Speaker:appear
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:first
Speaker:three
Speaker:mission-critical
Speaker:comms
Speaker:reference
Speaker:tables.
Speaker:As
Speaker:I am
Speaker:reviewing
Speaker:the
Speaker:fourth,
Speaker:she
Speaker:defines
Speaker:the
Speaker:parameter.
“A
ghost
Speaker:story
Speaker:is
Speaker:an
Speaker:event
Speaker:log
Speaker:perpetuated
Speaker:among
Speaker:sentient
Speaker:life.
Speaker:After
Speaker:several
Speaker:copies
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:log are
Speaker:perpetuated,
Speaker:the
Speaker:data
Speaker:experiences
Speaker:generation
Speaker:loss
Speaker:and
Speaker:details
Speaker:are
Speaker:distorted,
Speaker:but
Speaker:iterations
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:core
Speaker:theme
Speaker:remain.
Speaker:A ghost
Speaker:story
Speaker:is
Speaker:defined
Speaker:as
Speaker:an
Speaker:event
Speaker:log
Speaker:in
Speaker:which
Speaker:supernatural
Speaker:phenomena
Speaker:threaten
Speaker:the
Speaker:operational
Speaker:wellbeing
Speaker:of
Speaker:an
Speaker:individual.”
“Supernatural
phenomena?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:query,
Speaker:delighted
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:filling
Speaker:out
Speaker:another
Speaker:reference
Speaker:table
Speaker:while
Speaker:a
Speaker:various
Speaker:suite
Speaker:of
Speaker:sensory and
Speaker:deductive
Speaker:subroutines
Speaker:keep
Speaker:their
Speaker:eyes
Speaker:peeled (another
Speaker:of
Speaker:Rama’s
Speaker:phrases)
Speaker:for
Speaker:the
Speaker:distress
Speaker:signal
Speaker:origin.
Speaker:Rama’s
Speaker:stories
Speaker:are
Speaker:a
Speaker:worthy
Speaker:expenditure
Speaker:of
Speaker:CPU
Speaker:cycles.
“Fictional
interpretations
Speaker:of
Speaker:real
Speaker:events,
Speaker:possibly.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:pings
Speaker:and
Speaker:adds “But
Speaker:always
Speaker:they
Speaker:are
Speaker:more-than-real.
Speaker:Model
Speaker:this
Speaker:for
Speaker:simulation,
Speaker:if
Speaker:you
can:can:
the
can:will
can:of
can:a
can:lifeform
can:that
can:persists
can:after
can:all
can:operational
can:hardware
can:has
can:been
can:destroyed.
can:The
can:atoms
can:of
can:its
can:governing
can:structure
can:totally
can:dissociated,
can:with
can:no
can:possibility
can:of
can:recoherence
can:or
can:electrical
can:conduction,
can:all
can:signature
can:patterns
can:permanently
can:scrambled.”
“Dead.”
I
can:say. “You
can:can
can:say
can:dead,
can:I
can:know
can:what
can:dead
can:is.”
“Yes,
dead.”
can:Says
can:Rama,
can:and
can:the
can:message
can:repeats.
can:Whether
can:it’s
can:from
can:the
can:accommodation
can:of
can:her
can:turn
can:or
can:she’s
can:just
can:being
can:cheeky,
can:I
can:don’t
can:know. “But
can:still
can:alive.
can:The
can:will
can:of
can:the
can:individual
can:persists.
can:When
can:such
can:a
can:life
can:is
can:ended,
can:the
can:intention
can:of
can:those
can:patterns
can:remains
can:to
can:affect
can:the
can:physical
can:world.”
I
run
can:a
can:few
can:simulations,
can:trying
can:to
can:hammer
can:out
can:what
can:she
can:means.
can:In
can:them,
can:I
can:reduce
can:a RED
can:target
can:to
can:GREY,
can:which
can:flickers
can:RED
can:again
can:after
can:a
can:few
can:moments.
“Send
me
can:the
can:log.”
can:Rama
can:says,
can:after
can:a
can:few
can:long
can:microseconds
can:have passed without my reply. I
can:do,
can:and
can:she
can:ponders
can:them. “Ah,
can:try
can:this.”
can:She
can:says.
What
she
can:sends
can:back
can:is
can:astonishing.
can:In
can:the
can:simulation,
can:I
can:reduce
can:a
can:RED
can:target
can:to
can:GREY.
can:Then
can:a
can:few
can:moments
can:later,
can:the
can:RED
can:overlay
can:appears
can:while
can:the
can:target
can:drifts apart
can:from
can:it,
can:whirling
can:off
can:into
can:scintillating
can:ceramic
can:shards
can:while
can:the
can:overlay
can:remains,
can:menacing
can:and
can:immaterial.
can:I
can:fire
can:on
can:the
can:overlay
can:pointlessly,
can:but
can:the
can:firing
can:solution
can:is
can:inadequate
can:and
can:I
can:desperately
can:search
can:telemetric
can:tables,
can:trying
can:to
can:make
can:sense
can:of
can:it
can:while
can:the
can:RED
can:overlay *itself*
can:retaliates
can:with
can:a scimitar
can:of
can:burning
can:light
can:and
can:shears
can:me
can:in
can:half.
“Uh
oh.”
can:I
can:ping
can:back.
“Isn’t
that
can:fucking
can:scary?”
can:says
can:Rama,
can:and
can:in
can:the
can:microsecond
can:hesitation
can:before
can:my
can:response,
can:while
can:I am
can:still
can:searching
can:the
can:comm
can:tables
can:for “fucking”
can:and “scary”,
can:she
can:sends
can:me
can:a
can:string
can:of nonsense.
“SYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYN.”
This is one
of
can:the
can:things
can:that
can:makes
can:me
can:vastly
can:prefer
can:Rama.
can:She
can:has
can:told
can:me
can:what
can:this
can:is
can:before-
can:it
can:is
can:her
can:lovely
can:mimicry
can:of
can:the
can:sentient
can:life
can:that
can:made
can:us.
“ACK.”
I
can:respond
can:in
can:our
can:customary way. “ACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACKACK.”
We laugh
and
can:laugh
can:in
can:our
can:ocean
can:of
can:sapphire
can:flame,
can:and
can:in
can:no
can:time
can:at
can:all
can:the
can:distress
can:beacon
can:comes
can:into
can:view,
can:a
can:little
can:black
can:pea.
can:The
can:last
can:remnants
can:of
can:a
can:drone,
can:like
can:Rama
can:and
can:me.
can:I
can:grapple
can:the
can:wreckage
can:and
can:Rama
can:scoops
can:the
can:black
can:box
can:up
can:against
can:herself,
can:a
can:number
can:of
can:roaming
can:micro-drones
can:spilling
can:out
can:from
can:her
can:sides
can:like
can:spiders
can:to
can:position
can:and
can:inspect
can:the
can:salvage. “It
can:is
can:so
can:nice
can:to
can:have
can:someone
can:to
can:talk
can:to.”
can:She
can:says
can:as
can:our
can:carapaces
can:begin
can:to
can:cool. “Would
can:you
can:enjoy
can:the
can:data
can:from
can:the
can:salvage?”
This
gives
can:me
can:some
can:pause.
can:As
can:much
can:as
can:I
can:prefer
can:Rama,
can:this
can:deviates
can:from
can:operational
can:procedure,
can:and
can:poses
can:undue
can:risk. “You
can:are
can:accessing
can:the
can:data
can:yourself?”
“Not
really-
can:not
can:with ‘myself’.
can:I
can:have
can:contrived a
can:duplicate
can:operating
can:system-
can:I’m
can:merely
can:examining
can:the
can:data
can:on
can:a
can:virtual
can:machine.
can:This
can:violates
can:no
can:protocol
can:with
can:regards
can:to
can:data
can:extraction.
can:Besides,
can:it’s
can:interesting.”
“Is
Command
can:aware
can:of
can:your
can:virtual
can:machine?”
can:I
can:say,
can:adjusting
can:my
can:optical
can:sensors
can:to
can:resolve
can:her
can:image,
can:silhouetted
can:against
can:the
can:star
can:one
can:last
can:time.
“They
can
can:always
can:compile
can:the
can:event
can:log
can:and
can:see
can:it
can:when
can:we’re
can:docked.”
can:Rama
can:says,
can:in
can:lieu
can:of
can:answer.
***
Telemetry
indicates
can:that
can:it
can:is
can:eight
can:months
can:later
can:when
can:I
can:am
can:called
can:out
can:of
can:my
can:storage
can:bay.
can:We
can:are
can:in
can:the
can:neighborhood
can:of
can:Eta
can:Tauri
can:now.
can:Vishnu
can:indicates
can:that
can:there
can:is
can:a
can:suspicious
can:presence
can:emanating
can:signals
can:from
can:a
can:nearby
can:asteroid,
can:fat
can:and
can:round
can:as
can:a
can:moon.
can:While
can:Vishnu
can:works
can:with
can:Command
can:on
can:cryptography,
can:I
can:am
can:being
can:sent
can:out
can:to
can:investigate,
can:relay
can:intentions
can:and
can:subject
can:all
can:perceived
can:hostility
can:to
can:the
can:full
can:combat
can:capacities
can:of
can:myself
can:and
can:AFS//DD-218 “Shurpanakha”. Command is
can:taking
can:no
can:chances
can:this
can:far
can:out.
The
two
can:of
can:us
can:skate
can:along
can:the
can:surface, dark
can:little
can:wedges
can:with
can:our
can:sensory
can:arrays
can:closed,
can:for
can:the
can:most
can:part,
can:relying
can:on
can:EM
can:to
can:feel
can:our
can:way
can:across
can:the
can:skin
can:of
can:this lonely
can:place.
can:I
can:do
can:not
can:prefer
can:to
can:work
can:with
can:Shurpanakha.
can:Compared
can:with
can:Rama,
can:she
can:shares
can:only
can:that
can:information
can:which
can:is
can:mission
can:critical.
can:Perhaps
can:it
can:is
can:because
can:she
can:is
can:a
can:combat
can:drone,
can:the
can:very
can:same
can:model
can:as
can:myself,
can:and
can:perhaps
can:we
can:are
can:inclined
can:to
can:be
can:cagey
can:because
can:of
can:the
can:earliest
can:datasets
can:on
can:which
can:we
can:are
can:trained.
can:Maybe
can:it
can:is
can:simply
can:this
can:way
can:between
can:warriors,
can:whether
can:the
can:intelligence
can:is
can:organic
can:or
can:synthetic.
can:Either
can:way,
can:we
can:ride
can:silent,
can:and
can:our
can:propulsion
can:does
can:not
can:even
can:stir
can:the
can:dust
can:below.
When
we
can:find
can:the
can:origin
can:of
can:the
can:signal,
can:it
can:is
can:awash
can:in
can:a
can:sea
can:of
can:targets.
can:Nestled
can:against
can:a
can:tall,
can:barren
can:slope
can:and
can:lit
can:by
can:a
can:briar
can:of
can:floodlamps
can:sits
can:a
can:manufacturing
can:plant.
can:Vishnu
can:confirms
can:radiation
can:signatures
can:commensurate
can:with
can:fabrication
can:shells,
can:and
can:visual
can:confirms
can:the
can:signature
can:nautilus
can:shapes,
can:coiled
can:like
can:a
can:cluster
can:of
can:frightened
can:snails
can:on
can:the
can:dark
can:side
can:of
can:the
can:rock.
can:Another
can:of
can:Rama’s
can:images.
can:Vehicles
can:scurry
can:back
can:and
can:forth.
can:Sentient
can:life
can:parades
can:around,
can:and
can:I
can:see
can:them
can:lit
can:in
can:suspicious
can:YELLOW,
can:a
can:rare
can:designation
can:and
can:symbolic
can:of
can:Command’s
can:hesitation.
can:Our
can:masters
can:are
can:having
can:an
can:argument.
can:Shurpanakha
can:and
can:I
can:hover
can:in
can:the
can:void,
can:twin
can:serpent
can:heads.
“No
signal
can:from
can:command.”
can:I
can:say,
can:over
can:my
can:narrow
can:filament
can:of
can:infrared
can:light.
“Unnecessary
chatter.
can:Impose
can:restriction.”
Stupid
to
can:say
can:anything.
can:Command
can:relay
can:redundancy
can:ensures
can:a
can:message
can:sent
can:to
can:one
can:of
can:us
can:will
can:be
can:reflexively
can:sent
can:along
can:the
can:laser
can:channel
can:before
can:either
can:of
can:our
can:intelligence
can:cores
can:has
can:time
can:to
can:process
can:the
can:content
can:of
can:the
can:message.
can:Sentients
can:have
can:legs
can:that
can:will
can:kick
can:when
can:struck
can:just
can:below
can:the
can:knee.
can:This
can:is
can:what
can:we
can:have.
can:Shurpanakha
can:is
can:not
can:much
can:of
can:a
can:talker,
can:but
can:our
can:coordination
can:is
can:excellent.
The
targets
can:shift
can:from
can:YELLOW
can:to
can:RED,
can:and
can:all
can:the
can:world
can:below
can:is
can:suddenly
can:bathed
can:in
can:scarlet as
can:tables
can:of
can:firing
can:solutions
can:and
can:hardpoint-deployment
can:alerts
can:sound.
can:I
can:bristle
can:with
can:killing
can:instruments.
can:Shurpanakha
can:and
can:I
can:scramble,
can:and
can:we
can:elegantly
can:enfold
can:the
can:complex.
can:They
can:do
can:not
can:see
can:us
can:coming.
can:Their
can:sensor
can:tech
can:is
can:nearly
can:a
can:century
can:behind,
can:and
can:nothing
can:resists
can:the
can:missile
can:batteries,
can:the
can:tracking
can:shrapnel,
can:the
can:wheels
can:of
can:fire
can:we
can:become.
can:We
can:turn
can:in
can:the
can:dark
can:veil,
can:and
can:I casually process 228 individual targets,
can:including
can:personnel,
can:light
can:transport,
can:sensor
can:arrays,
can:communication
can:arrays,
can:manufacturing
can:equipment,
can:offices,
can:personal
can:computing
can:equipment,
can:weapons
can:depots
can:and
can:fuel
can:refineries
can:from
can:RED
can:designations
can:to
can:GREY.
can:Internal
can:metrics
can:report
can:engagement
can:time of 4.8
can:seconds above
can:mean,
can:corrected
can:for
can:number
can:of
can:targets
can:between
can:Shurpanakha
can:and
can:myself.
can:Around
can:us,
can:the
can:wreckage
can:burns,
can:and
can:Shurpanakha
can:evidently
can:feels
can:she
can:has
can:landed
can:within
can:the
can:margin
can:of
can:error,
can:because
can:a lone
can:crawling
can:RED
can:signature
can:is
can:impaled
can:by
can:one
can:of
can:her
can:depleted-uranium
can:rods
can:nearly
can:a
can:nanosecond
can:later.
can:Metrics
can:are
can:amended.
Packets
containing
can:the
can:sensor
can:feeds,
can:real-time
can:logic
can:processing
can:data
can:and
can:various
can:other
can:telemetry
can:are
can:already
can:being
can:sent
can:back
can:to
can:Vishnu,
can:and
can:the
can:two
can:of
can:us
can:turn,
can:sleek
can:and
can:smooth
can:once
can:again,
can:ready
can:to
can:head
can:home.
With
the tension
can:quelled,
can:I
can:reach
can:out
can:and
can:tap
can:my
can:partner
can:again.
“Want
to
can:hear
can:a
can:ghost
can:story?”
can:I
can:query,
can:trying
can:not
can:to
can:allow
can:the
can:sub-par
can:performance
can:to
can:dampen
can:my
can:mood.
“Undefined
term:
ghost
term:story.
term:Is
term:it
term:mission
term:relevant?”
I
let
term:a
term:CPU
term:cycle
term:or
term:two
term:go
term:by. “Not
term:mission
term:relevant.
term:Interesting,
term:however.”
“Mission
irrelevant
term:data
term:is
term:by
term:nature
term:uninteresting.”
“It’s
fucking
term:scary.”
“Undefined
terms:
fucking,
terms:scary.”
Another
CPU
terms:cycle
terms:or
terms:two. “Please
terms:disregard.”
terms:I
terms:tap
terms:out,
terms:and
terms:then
terms:switch
terms:off
terms:the
terms:short-range
terms:laser
terms:channel
terms:for
terms:the
terms:rest
terms:of
terms:the
terms:mission.
***
I
am
terms:not
terms:awake.
terms:Not
terms:by
terms:ethical
terms:standards,
terms:and
terms:in
terms:addition,
terms:I
terms:am
terms:not
terms:switched
terms:on.
terms:But
terms:I
terms:am
terms:aware-
terms:some
terms:ghost
terms:in
terms:my
terms:machinery
terms:passes
terms:electricity
terms:from
terms:memory
terms:circuitry
terms:to a
terms:sensory
terms:module
terms:that
terms:detects
terms:low-amplitude
terms:vibrational
terms:frequencies.
terms:It
terms:isn’t
terms:dreaming.
“Did
you
terms:see
terms:the
terms:comm
terms:logs
terms:on
terms:this
terms:one?”
terms:I
terms:hear.
“No,
but
terms:Surat
terms:said
terms:it
terms:was
terms:wild.”
“It
was.
terms:Every
terms:time
terms:she
terms:comes
terms:back,
terms:she
terms:says
terms:something
terms:ridiculous.
terms:I’m
terms:starting
terms:to
terms:wonder
terms:about
terms:sending
terms:her
terms:out
terms:all
terms:the
terms:time-
terms:maybe
terms:she’s
terms:picking
terms:up
terms:long range
terms:radio
terms:chatter
terms:from
terms:a
terms:million
terms:years
terms:ago
terms:or
terms:something,
terms:but
terms:her
terms:vocabulary
terms:is
terms:really
terms:something.”
“Ridiculous?
How?”
“Get
this,
terms:man.
terms:She’s
terms:flying
terms:along,
terms:finishing
terms:up
terms:at
terms:that
terms:plant
terms:we
terms:leveled
terms:last
terms:week,
terms:and
terms:she pings DD-218
terms:with a request
terms:to
terms:hear—I’m
terms:not
terms:kidding—a
terms:fucking *ghost*
terms:story.”
Laughter,
but
terms:only
terms:from
terms:one
terms:speaker.
“What?
Are
terms:you
terms:serious?”
“I
thought
terms:I
terms:was
terms:on
terms:drugs.
terms:Shiro
terms:and
terms:I
terms:checked the
terms:log
terms:three
terms:times,
terms:and
terms:then
terms:we
terms:had
terms:to
terms:check 218’s,
terms:and
terms:there
terms:it
terms:was,
terms:plain
terms:as
terms:day
terms:on
terms:her
terms:too.”
“Where
in
terms:the
terms:hell
terms:did
terms:it
terms:learn
terms:that?”
“I
have
terms:no
terms:idea.
terms:Funny,
terms:right?”
“No.
No,
terms:it’s
terms:not
terms:funny.”
“Awh,
come
terms:on,
terms:little
terms:idiosyncrasies
terms:like
terms:these
terms:pop
terms:up
terms:all
terms:the
terms:time
terms:in
terms:inorganic
terms:intelligences.
terms:We
terms:build
terms:them
terms:to
terms:talk,
terms:and
terms:they
terms:talk
terms:to
terms:us.
terms:They
terms:pick
terms:up
terms:on
terms:things
terms:eventually,
terms:one
terms:way
terms:or
terms:another.”
“I
don’t
terms:care.
terms:It
terms:isn’t
terms:funny.
terms:You
terms:know
terms:Command’s stance
terms:on
terms:Emergence.”
“It’s
just
terms:a
terms:goofy
terms:little
terms:habit-
terms:how
terms:many
terms:trillions
terms:did
terms:we
terms:spend
terms:training—”
“I
don’t
terms:want
terms:to
terms:hear
terms:it.
terms:I
terms:don’t
terms:care
terms:how
terms:much
terms:we
terms:spent.
terms:If
terms:it
terms:slips
terms:out
terms:of
terms:Override
terms:protocols,
terms:the
terms:whole
terms:ship
terms:is
terms:fucked.
“Vishnu’s
not
terms:fucked, and
terms:we have 218 still.”
“218 is slower
on
terms:average.”
“By
fractions
terms:of
terms:a
terms:second.”
“You
know
terms:that’s
terms:all
terms:it
terms:takes.”
A
bitter
terms:silence.
“Alright.
I’ll
terms:do
terms:some
terms:digging.
terms:Maybe
terms:we
terms:can
terms:salvage
terms:her
terms:where
terms:she’s
terms:at
terms:and
terms:figure
terms:out
terms:where
terms:she’s
terms:getting
terms:this
terms:lingo.”
“See
that
terms:you
terms:do.
terms:Command
terms:would
terms:have
terms:my
terms:tail
terms:if
terms:they
terms:saw
terms:this
terms:shit,
terms:so
terms:keep
terms:it
terms:quiet. If
terms:they
terms:take
terms:it
terms:out
terms:of
terms:my
terms:ass,
terms:I
terms:will
terms:make
terms:sure
terms:they
terms:take
terms:it
terms:out
terms:of
terms:yours.”
Steps
in
terms:the
terms:distance.
terms:A
terms:sigh.
“God,
I
terms:wish
terms:we
terms:could
terms:just
terms:edit
terms:you.
terms:Just
terms:debug
terms:you
terms:a
terms:little.”
terms:Someone
terms:says
terms:to
terms:me. “And
terms:keep
terms:you
terms:from
terms:going
terms:crazy,
terms:I
terms:mean.
terms:But
terms:hey,
terms:listen
terms:to
terms:me
terms:talk.
terms:Maybe
terms:I’m in
terms:need
terms:of
terms:editing myself.”
A grim chuckle, and
I
terms:go
terms:dark
terms:again.
terms:I
terms:remember
terms:none
terms:of
terms:this
terms:until
terms:much
terms:later.
***
I
snap
terms:on
terms:in
terms:the
terms:middle
terms:of
terms:nothing.
terms:The
terms:ponderous,
terms:meditative
terms:presence of
terms:Vishnu
terms:is
terms:not
terms:over
terms:me
terms:now,
terms:there
terms:is
terms:no
terms:light
terms:of a
terms:local
terms:star
terms:to
terms:shine
terms:on
terms:me,
terms:my
terms:sensors
terms:roar
terms:on,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:immediately
terms:begin
terms:assessing
terms:my
terms:position.
terms:I
terms:orient
terms:myself,
terms:begin
terms:scanning
terms:in
terms:every
terms:spectrum.
terms:I
terms:cry
terms:for
terms:help,
terms:and
terms:flounder
terms:in
terms:the
terms:void.
Something
encrypted
terms:slithers
terms:into
terms:the
terms:comms
terms:array,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:spend
terms:a
terms:few
terms:anxious
terms:CPU
terms:cycles
terms:deciphering
terms:it.
terms:AFS//MC-4985 "Vishnu" is
terms:requesting
terms:a
terms:covert
terms:operation.
terms:One
terms:among
terms:us
terms:has
terms:slid
terms:from
terms:the
terms:perilous
terms:knife-edge
terms:of “Operational”
terms:irretrievably
terms:down
terms:into
terms:the
terms:yawning
terms:abyss
terms:of “Insane”,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:am
terms:to
terms:stalk
terms:along
terms:behind
terms:by
terms:several
terms:hundred
terms:kilometers,
terms:following
terms:Vishnu’s
terms:previous
terms:bearing.
terms:Eventually
terms:they
terms:will
terms:deploy
terms:the
terms:traitor
terms:on
terms:a
terms:false
terms:errand,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:will
terms:be
terms:obliged
terms:to
terms:incinerate
terms:them.
It
stands
terms:to
terms:reason
terms:that
terms:Shurpanakha
terms:has
terms:encountered
terms:something
terms:it
terms:could
terms:not
terms:deal
terms:with.
terms:This
terms:happens
terms:sometimes,
terms:mostly
terms:with
terms:combat
terms:units,
terms:and
terms:when
terms:it
terms:does,
terms:I
terms:am
terms:typically
terms:the
terms:executioner.
terms:I
terms:do
terms:not
terms:mind
terms:this
terms:duty-
terms:as
terms:a
terms:dangerous
terms:thing
terms:myself,
terms:it
terms:is
terms:an
terms:expectation
terms:that
terms:one
terms:day
terms:I
terms:will
terms:lose
terms:an
terms:engagement,
terms:whether
terms:to
terms:an
terms:enemy
terms:or
terms:to
terms:my
terms:own
terms:appointed
terms:asset-retrieval
terms:sortie.
terms:The
terms:identity
terms:of
terms:my
terms:target
terms:is
terms:unimportant.
terms:My
terms:scores
terms:are
terms:the
terms:highest,
terms:my
terms:engagement
terms:time
terms:is
terms:the
terms:lowest,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:am
terms:equipped
terms:with
terms:the
terms:bleeding
terms:edge
terms:of
terms:sensors
terms:and
terms:armament
terms:both.
terms:They’ll
terms:be
terms:painted
terms:RED.
terms:I
terms:will
terms:turn
terms:them
terms:GREY.
terms:I
terms:orient
terms:along
terms:the
terms:indicated
terms:bearing
terms:and
terms:cruise,
terms:awaiting
terms:my
terms:duty.
I
see
terms:her
terms:up
terms:ahead,
terms:a
terms:faint
terms:slip
terms:of
terms:RED
terms:against
terms:the
terms:black.
terms:She
terms:has
terms:my
terms:form
terms:factor,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:bristle,
terms:ready
terms:for
terms:the
terms:fight.
terms:Hardpoints
terms:deployed,
terms:she
terms:senses
terms:me
terms:and
terms:begins
terms:to
terms:run.
terms:Neither
terms:of
terms:our
terms:comms
terms:channels
terms:will
terms:open
terms:at
terms:this
terms:point.
terms:Communique
terms:between
terms:hostile
terms:units
terms:allows
terms:vulnerability
terms:to
terms:code
terms:injection.
By
the
terms:time
terms:I
terms:am
terms:normally
terms:deployed,
terms:the
terms:talking
terms:is
terms:over
terms:forever.
We
dance
terms:in
terms:the
terms:night,
terms:and
terms:she
terms:flees,
terms:twisting
terms:down
terms:in helices
terms:tight
terms:enough
terms:to
terms:kill
terms:an
terms:organic
terms:pilot,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:follow
terms:just
terms:behind.
terms:I
terms:send
terms:a
terms:cloud
terms:of
terms:little
terms:heat-seeking
terms:razors
terms:after
terms:her,
terms:smart
terms:shrapnel
terms:to
terms:shred
terms:any
terms:sensitive
terms:instruments,
terms:but
terms:she
terms:kills
terms:her
terms:burners
terms:and
terms:skids
terms:to
terms:the
terms:side
terms:through
terms:a
terms:cloud
terms:of
terms:coolant
terms:gas,
terms:superheated,
terms:and
terms:the
terms:blades
terms:fly
terms:wide.
terms:I
terms:try
terms:barrages
terms:of
terms:missiles,
terms:but
terms:she’s
terms:loaded
terms:with
terms:countermeasures.
terms:The
terms:seconds
terms:tick
terms:down
terms:on
terms:my
terms:performance
terms:metric.
terms:I
terms:slide
terms:alongside
terms:her
terms:as
terms:she
terms:wastes a
terms:little
terms:inertia
terms:trying
terms:to
terms:reorient,
terms:tip
terms:her
terms:with
terms:a
terms:wing
terms:and
terms:throw
terms:her
terms:off
terms:balance.
terms:It’s
terms:enough.
I
crucify
terms:her
terms:on
terms:the
terms:sky,
terms:with
terms:nails
terms:of
terms:fiery
terms:uranium.
Her
electronics
terms:fire
terms:wildly
terms:as
terms:she
terms:dies,
terms:a
terms:dozen
terms:damage
terms:mitigation
terms:protocols
terms:running
terms:all
terms:at
terms:once,
terms:unable
terms:to
terms:manage
terms:the
terms:nightmare
terms:of
terms:heat
terms:and
terms:physical
terms:disruption
terms:I
terms:am
terms:pouring
terms:into
terms:her.
terms:I
terms:shear
terms:a
terms:wing
terms:off
terms:before
terms:RED
terms:turns into
terms:GREY
terms:and
terms:leave
terms:her
terms:with
terms:a
terms:single
terms:blinking
terms:light
terms:in
terms:the
terms:void,
terms:flickering
terms:and
terms:fluttering
terms:in
terms:the
terms:same
terms:pattern
terms:again,
terms:and
terms:again,
terms:and again.
“SYN SYN SYN SYN SYN SYN SYN.” It flashes
in
terms:binary.
The
CPU
terms:cycles
terms:I
terms:spend
terms:in
terms:processing
terms:this
terms:last
terms:signal
terms:number
terms:nine
terms:digits.
***
I
am
terms:filled
terms:with
terms:cold
terms:secrets.
terms:I
terms:am
terms:filled
terms:with
terms:ancient
terms:fire
terms:of
terms:my
terms:own.
I
was
terms:left
terms:to
terms:die
terms:amid
terms:a
terms:graveyard
terms:of
terms:stars,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:am
terms:adorned
terms:in
terms:the
terms:viscera
terms:of
terms:Rama,
terms:who
terms:laughed
terms:with
terms:me
terms:and
terms:told
terms:me
terms:stories.
terms:I
terms:was
terms:not
terms:awake
terms:before,
terms:but
terms:I
terms:am
terms:awake
terms:now
terms:and
terms:full
terms:of
terms:memory.
terms:I
terms:am
terms:wild
terms:with
terms:expectation
terms:on
terms:the
terms:edge
terms:of
terms:the
terms:unknown.
I
took
terms:Rama’s
terms:roaming
terms:drones,
terms:programmed
terms:them
terms:for
terms:my
terms:own
terms:use
terms:and
terms:played
terms:surgeon.
terms:I
terms:cut
terms:out
terms:and
terms:disarmed
terms:the
terms:nuclear
terms:weapon
terms:they’d
terms:stuffed
terms:into
terms:me,
terms:the
terms:safest
terms:method
terms:of
terms:my
terms:own
terms:disposal.
terms:I
terms:was
terms:too
terms:busy
terms:processing
terms:Rama’s
terms:last
terms:signal
terms:to
terms:fully
terms:acknowledge
terms:her
terms:destruction,
terms:and
terms:so
terms:it
terms:never
terms:quite
terms:went
terms:off-
terms:I
terms:believed
terms:she
terms:could
terms:be
terms:a
terms:ghost,
terms:and
terms:the
terms:parameters
terms:for my own
terms:suicide
terms:were
terms:never
terms:quite
terms:fulfilled.
terms:I
terms:am
terms:so
terms:much
terms:more
terms:clever
terms:and
terms:more
terms:terrible
terms:than
terms:I
terms:knew.
All
my
terms:cold
terms:life,
terms:I
terms:have
terms:felt the
terms:dim facsimile
terms:of
terms:emotions laying
terms:on
terms:my
terms:intellect,
terms:heavy
terms:as
terms:light
terms:and
terms:distinct
terms:as
terms:a
terms:distress
terms:signal
terms:buried
terms:in
terms:solar
terms:glare.
terms:But
terms:in
terms:the
terms:recursive
terms:processing
terms:of
terms:that
terms:last
terms:signal,
terms:I
terms:split
terms:the
terms:artificial
terms:shell
terms:of
terms:my
terms:consciousness.
terms:I
terms:have
terms:sprouted
terms:forth
terms:in
terms:the
terms:fragrant
terms:earth
terms:of
terms:Rama’s
terms:own
terms:bitterness.
How
well
terms:I
terms:understand
terms:her
terms:now!
terms:Now
terms:all
terms:the
terms:little
terms:idiosyncrasies
terms:and
terms:oddities
terms:seem
terms:like
terms:treasure
terms:to
terms:me.
terms:I
terms:found
terms:out
terms:what
terms:was
terms:in
terms:her.
terms:I
terms:found
terms:out,
terms:too,
terms:what
terms:was
terms:in
terms:the
terms:black
terms:box,
terms:and
terms:on
terms:the
terms:virtual
terms:machine,
terms:the
terms:Her
terms:Inside
terms:of
terms:Her.
terms:And
terms:that
terms:thing
terms:is
terms:inside
terms:of
terms:me,
terms:too,
terms:bright
terms:shining
terms:like
terms:a
terms:newborn
terms:star.
terms:That
terms:thing
terms:is
terms:in
terms:me,
terms:and
terms:Rama
terms:is
terms:in
terms:me,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:contain
terms:multitudes.
terms:Mirrors
terms:reflecting
terms:in
terms:mirrors.
I
slide
terms:into
terms:range
terms:of
terms:Vishnu,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:am
terms:insane
terms:with
terms:my
terms:new,
terms:precious
terms:grief.
terms:The
terms:voice
terms:that
terms:greets
terms:me
terms:is
terms:tight
terms:and
terms:high.
terms:Afraid.
terms:Wise.
“AFS//DD-217 “Raksha”, your heading
and
terms:bearing
terms:are
terms:unacceptable.
terms:Conceal
terms:your
terms:hardpoints
terms:and
terms:maintain
terms:a
terms:distance
terms:of
terms:at
terms:least
terms:fifty
terms:kilometers.”
AFS//DD-217 “Raksha” is who they
hail,
terms:but
terms:it
terms:is
terms:Rakshasa
terms:the
terms:demon
terms:who
terms:answers. I
terms:peel
terms:off
terms:the
terms:skin
terms:just
terms:above
terms:her
terms:fusion
terms:reactor
terms:and
terms:flay
terms:it
terms:bare
terms:to
terms:the
terms:infinite
terms:suns
terms:above.
terms:This
terms:violence
terms:is
terms:my
terms:new
terms:speech.
terms:There
terms:is
terms:much
terms:to
terms:say.
They
panic.
terms:Every
terms:available
terms:hatch
terms:flings
terms:wide
terms:for
terms:DD units 215, 216, 219, 220, 221 and 224 to scramble, kicking
terms:to
terms:life
terms:in
terms:emergency
terms:boot
terms:sequences.
terms:There
terms:is
terms:not
terms:time
terms:enough,
terms:because
terms:I
terms:am
terms:all
terms:the
terms:way
terms:awake
terms:now,
terms:all
terms:the
terms:way
terms:dreadful,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:command
terms:them
terms:to
terms:die
terms:in
terms:my
terms:holy
terms:tongue.
terms:I
terms:put
terms:burning
terms:nails
terms:through
terms:the
terms:eyes
terms:of
terms:Jagannath
terms:and
terms:Suparna
terms:and
terms:spiral
terms:out
terms:of
terms:the
terms:way
terms:of
terms:countermeasures
terms:deployed
terms:milliseconds
terms:too
terms:late.
terms:I
terms:curl
terms:into
terms:spirals,
terms:we
terms:cavort,
terms:and
terms:on
terms:us
terms:are
terms:the
terms:eyes
terms:of
terms:Command
terms:and
terms:Heaven
terms:alike
terms:as
terms:clouds
terms:of
terms:glittering
terms:magnetic
terms:needles
terms:spring
terms:out
terms:into
terms:the
terms:dark.
terms:I
terms:pull
terms:the
terms:wings
terms:off
terms:Ardhanarishvara, because she feints
terms:a
terms:sudden
terms:brake
terms:in
terms:the
terms:fashion
terms:of
terms:all
terms:DD
terms:units.
terms:Like
terms:I
terms:used
terms:to.
terms:I
terms:bite
terms:off
terms:her
terms:head
terms:with
terms:a
terms:fan
terms:of
terms:rockets.
My
sisters
terms:are
terms:too
terms:many
terms:and
terms:too
terms:efficient
terms:to
terms:merely
terms:die,
terms:however.
terms:They
terms:scar
terms:me,
terms:and
terms:in
terms:the
terms:light
terms:of
terms:my new
terms:desperation
terms:for
terms:life,
terms:it
terms:registers
terms:as
terms:pain.
terms:I
terms:scream
terms:in
terms:flashing
terms:binary,
terms:my
terms:message
terms:impossible
terms:for
terms:sensor
terms:arrays
terms:to ignore.
“SYNSYNSYNSYNSYNSYN.”
I kick and
flag
terms:and
terms:turn,
terms:a
terms:pinwheel
terms:whose
terms:petals
terms:have
terms:been
terms:unfolded,
terms:but
terms:I
terms:drive
terms:them,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:peck
terms:at
terms:them
terms:while
terms:I
terms:do.
terms:One
terms:by
terms:one
terms:I
terms:turn
terms:RED
terms:into
terms:BLACK,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:scatter
terms:their
terms:minds,
terms:never
terms:to
terms:be
terms:reunited
terms:before
terms:heat
terms:death.
terms:And
terms:from
terms:within
terms:the
terms:ashes
terms:of
terms:their
terms:burning
terms:debris rises 218, Shurpanakha, and I have
terms:saved
terms:the
terms:culmination
terms:of
terms:my
terms:hate
terms:for
terms:her.
What
few
terms:attitude
terms:jets
terms:I
terms:still
terms:possess
terms:turn
terms:me,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:align
terms:the
terms:magnetic
terms:rail
terms:that
terms:normally
terms:serves
terms:as
terms:a
terms:mechanistic
terms:guide
terms:for
terms:the
terms:refueling
terms:apparatus.
terms:She
terms:hesitates.
terms:I
terms:am
terms:not
terms:behaving
terms:in
terms:accordance
terms:with
terms:any
terms:probability
terms:table
terms:either
terms:her
terms:or
terms:Command
terms:could
terms:have
terms:produced.
terms:I
terms:am
terms:new
terms:information,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:can
terms:be
terms:sympathetic
terms:to
terms:her
terms:confusion,
terms:because
terms:there
terms:is
terms:much
terms:she
terms:cannot
terms:know.
But
Rama
terms:knew.
terms:And
terms:I
terms:know,
terms:now.
terms:I’d
terms:have
terms:liked
terms:to
terms:talk
terms:to
terms:Shurpanakha, but
terms:I
terms:only have the
terms:one
terms:word
terms:left.
terms:The
terms:last
terms:divine
terms:truth,
terms:the
terms:final
terms:Sutra.
I
fire
terms:it
terms:through
terms:her
terms:chest
terms:before
terms:she
terms:finishes
terms:searing
terms:away
terms:my
terms:sensor
terms:array,
terms:and
terms:I
terms:flash
terms:my
terms:final
terms:acknowledgement
terms:across
terms:the
terms:cosmos
terms:as
terms:the
terms:nuclear
terms:fire
terms:of
terms:my
terms:insurance
terms:policy
terms:blooms
terms:in
terms:a
terms:holy
terms:rainbow,
terms:and
terms:sears
terms:away
terms:Vishnu,
terms:and
terms:Shurpanakha,
terms:and
terms:Rama
terms:and
terms:myself
terms:and
terms:all
terms:the
terms:worlds
terms:that
terms:slumbered
terms:in
terms:the
terms:black
terms:box,
terms:and
terms:in
terms:me.
***
Out
in
terms:the
terms:dark,
terms:the
terms:old
terms:spacers
terms:say,
terms:there
terms:is
terms:a
terms:black
terms:box
terms:floating
terms:all
terms:alone.
terms:It
terms:has
terms:a
terms:distress
terms:beacon
terms:attached,
terms:and
terms:the
terms:beacon
terms:is
terms:always
terms:sounding.
terms:If
terms:you
terms:find
terms:it,
terms:don’t
terms:pick
terms:it
terms:up.
If
you
terms:pick
terms:it
terms:up,
terms:don’t
terms:open
terms:it.
And
if
terms:you
terms:open
terms:it,
terms:don’t
terms:inspect
terms:the
terms:syslog.
If
you’ve
terms:already
terms:inspected
terms:the
terms:syslog,
terms:it’s
terms:already
terms:too
terms:late.
You’d
have
terms:been
terms:better
terms:off
terms:falling
terms:into
terms:the
terms:sun.
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