The AIs and the Witnesses, as you can see from their response, have incredible respect and wonder for life, so I I'm certain there'll be no lethal retaliations on their part. The Cadre doesn't share that respect.
Thanks again Steve,Yes, the dolphins get the best treatment possible.
The rogue scientist is strong on action and ,yes, you've picked it. The concern about him is justified.
Thanks PPW, I'm glad you're enjoying the lighter side of the story. When it first started that was meant to be the full approach - but somehow drama sneaked in as well.
ATTUNGA Part 22.
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Shocked, Wirrin blanked for a moment before his words started to tumble.
“He couldn't be. I was speaking to him a couple of hours ago. He had everything planned for what to do if there was danger. It would only take him instants to flash onto the InterWeb. He must be on a storage system somewhere and he'll contact us when he can.”
“Wirrin, he's gone.”
Akama's words thrust like a sword through the numbing incredulity. Wirrin pulled his thoughts together and looked to Pir
Bose-Einstein Condensate.
'The collapse of the atoms into a single quantum state is known as Bose condensation or Bose-Einstein condensation is now considered a 5th state of matter.'
- a kind of opposite to the super-heated state of plasma, condensate occurs with super-cooling.
ATTUNGA Part 21.
“We must be hearing things. Perhaps you should go back to bed?”
“As if that would make any difference, and Sonic's arriving in a few minutes so I couldn't.”
Calen had just amazed Wirrin and Thom with his announcement that he'd been too excited to sleep properly.
“Why is this more exciting than the Monkey Mia attack? You slept through that.”
“Did not!”
Wirrin had to laugh.
“Only because Thom nearly broke your ribs waking you up.”
“This is different. Dolphins are moving to
Go for it Scotty.
You have chosen fertile ground for a story which could run the gamut of human emotion.
Yes, it might be challenging, but with careful thought and a good heart you should be able to avoid the dangers Zombie has mentioned.
Perhaps, before posting, you might run it past some beta readers.
ATTUNGA Part 20.
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“I go away for six days and when I get back I think I must have come to the wrong place! What's going on?”
The returned Comet was docked and after the flurry of reunion the trio was sitting in a transit lounge to take stock. There'd been an exchange of messages while Thom was travelling of course, the highlight of which had been his excited transmission just after the Comet reached the turning point one and a half light hours away and broken every speed record existing in