Quoted By:
“I have never enjoyed running dark. Electrical power is limited. Lighting is low. Heat – a surefire sign of activity – is winnowed hour-by-hour to minimize the RAIN’s thermal signature. MERRYGATE felt this too. As the NOVEMBER RAIN began its final, careful approach towards MIZAR-VI’s only ice moon, I found her strangely lethargic – a different persona than the concise, sharp-edge intelligence I had become accustomed to. She assured me that it was regrettable but unavoidable: a necessary sacrifice to keep the RAIN’s electrical grid under its load threshold.
But in truth, I was less bothered by this than she was. Slower processing speed brought her closer to the pace of human thought. Our customary conversations – held at the aft observation blister – seemed less one sided, and I felt like I had more time to deliberate on some of more interesting ideas we would puzzle over:
[Pick one]
>XI: JUSTICE [WHY/HOW ARE WE HERE?]
>XVI: THE TOWER [WHO/WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING?]
>X: THE WHEEL [WHEN DID/WILL THIS START/END?]
- [UNSIGNED], EXECUTIVE AUDITOR, TRS NOVEMBER RAIN, AD. 2242, MAR 9, PERSONAL JOURNAL
