Issue 23, Page 24
Transcript
1: Arms out, Xijo stands near the door of the room, being sprayed with a decontaminate gas.
2: Xijo sits into a cart with Rav at the wheel.
Xijo: I do not think this is an effective use of the time.
There are infinite combinations of waveform…
Rav: I agree.
3 The cart drives slowly down the hallway, past another cart in motion.
Xijo: I am formulating a theory, but I need more data first.
Rav: Mhmm. Well, before we make more theories, you need to see everything first.
I’m taking you to lab twenty.
4: A file of papers is handed to Xijo.
Rav: You’ll want to look these over.
5: The paper shows a sample of Black Mass being slowly mutated over time. It grows coral like structures, and then cycles through other, stranger shapes.
Xijo: The original test sample…?
Okay… I’m intrigued. What’s different about the original sample that would necessitate pausing on extrapolating more theories? Yes, it’s more data, but… hrm.
How long before they turn it into a martian or terran?
number of surviving European
………………………………No.
WHY IS IT GROWING CORAL.
WHY IS IT GROWING INTO THINGS THAT ARE NOT INDIVIDUAL THINKING ORGANISMS?
NO ANSWER TO THAT IS GOOD.
I think those pseudo-organs it is trying to form.