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As the officials filed into the atrium, the room whitened, as lumostrips on the seats and across surfaces came alit with fluorescence, as well as the soft, cloudy glow of the antigrav units on each seat, detaching from their anchors with a sharp hiss and softly suspending them all up in a default position as is the unspoken custom. A terse indecision came upon the impromptu convention. A voice that rarely takes the initiative was the one who takes the moment. All sounds are caused by the vibration of air molecules, but this voice made the fact more apparent than anyone else, sweeping over the acoustically inclined chamber in motions that are no doubt psychedelic if the waves were perceived visually, a smooth, geodesically perfect vantablack monolith, softly ionizing a layer of lights playing across the surface like the surface of calm waters. A familiar headache is quickly returning to Shultz.
<span class="mu-s">THE MOST WARMEST TIDINGS TO YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE, DESIGNATION WALKE SHULTZ</span>
<span class="mu-s">THIS PLATFORM IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOCUS REPRESENTING-3 THE DIGITAL CONSCIOUSNESS COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS THE "DIAMOND NETWORK"</span>
<span class="mu-s">ON BEHALF OF THE FIRST FEDERATION, WE SEEK DIALOGUE WITH THE YOUR POLITY, THIS "GREAT GARMILLAS KINGDOM"</span>
<span class="mu-s">MAY YOU LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, FRONTIER-COMMANDER WALKE SHULTZ, TOWARDS ANY FAMILY OR PROGENY AS WELL</span>
Shultz choked at that statement, drawing sights of concern and devious, opportunistic leers in equal measure.
<span class="mu-s">THE FIRST FEDERATION IS FOUND UPON THE VIRTUES OF TOLERANCE AND THE VIRTUES, TO UNITE WHILE PRESERVING DIVERSITY, TO BE OF MANY PARTS YET A SEAMLESS ONE</span>
<span class="mu-s">WE WISH FOR PRODUCTIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR PEOPLES</span>
The Diamond Network's collective consciousness, satisfied in saying their piece, retreated into silence, a signal for the other representatives to chip in in an orderly manner.