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You decide to <span class="mu-i">get closer</span>- and try to get Kimnan II to communicate with the beast. The whale doesn't move much as you get closer- it probably doesn't want to expend energy on something so insignificant as Kimnan's craft. It probably gets hit with asteroids larger then your biggest Frigates and just shrugs them off- your ship is meaningless in its grand and cosmic existence.
While there is no Migrator pilot aboard this ship, Kimnan's abilities in Starsight are equal to theirs; after all, it takes a very long time to train a migrator to do... basically anything.
<span class="mu-b">”Kimnan, what's wrong?”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”Hrrff... This hurts. It feels like pressure building- ahh- so loud!”</span>
The crew of the ship crowd around to see what is happening. You order the ship to stop.
<span class="mu-g">”So many voices- ouch! The whale is... it's in pain? I can feel it too. Its presence is pushing out, so hollowed out and empty- hurting... It's almost trying to talk to me!”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”Navigate the ship away from the whale, you idiots! Can't you see what's happening to Kimnan-”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”No, no wait! I can hear it... It's many voices. They are the lesser presence... Arrg!”</span>
It's clear that something here is happening, something that can't be seen or understood, at least except for those with the Starsight. It cannot be explained, only experienced. You are very worried for your brother. You want to respect his choice to try and understand this alien creature- but it's clear this is hurting him. If things don't change within a few more minutes, you'll order a retreat- you just hope whatever this is isn't hurting him.
The crew members report that Kimnan has fallen to his knees, clutching his skull. He's in pain, and he starts to rave like a madman.
<span class="mu-g">”The presence... it's suffering! Get it out! I would be fine if it wasn't for YOU- get it out get it out! The Whale- something is inside! Get it ooooout!”</span>
You are currently more then a decade away from this place in light speed- yet instantly connected through the power of a computer and quantum entanglement. You can only go by your gut here- and the way Kimnan is speaking makes you think this being conciousness is somehow imprinting its emotions onto him- but in a way, it is like a cry for help.
<span class="mu-b">”Crew! Ready the laser weapons- unfreeze the doctor! Prepare for leviathan surgery!”</span>
