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< h1 > Erosion< / h1 >
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< span class = "quote speech" > Morning Michelle!< / span > < br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > Ugh.< / span > < br / >
She takes a step out of her preservation chamber, sits down on the floor
with her arms over her knees, and rests her head on them.< br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > I' m gonna ... need a moment.< / span > < br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > Water?< / span > < br / >
She lifts her head. Jack hands her a glass. She takes a couple sips before
setting it down and resting her head again.< br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > Not sure if that makes it better or worse.
Just let me sit here for a moment.< / span > < br / >
After a while, she lifts her head again.< br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > So what' s our mission?< / span > < br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > Nothing. Uplink' s dead.< / span > < br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > What... What happened? What year is it?< / span >
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< span class = "quote speech" > Twenty-one-oh-six.< / span > < br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > You' re kidding me.< / span > < br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > Nope. ... As for what happened to the uplink,
I can' t tell you. I' ve spent the past < span class = "comment" >
idk what amount of time< / span > trapped in here.< / span > < br / >
Jack recounts the recent events as well as some of the things he had read
about in the logs.
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< p class = "comment" > missing section< / p >
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They step outside and, following what remains of the old path up to the
ground station, start making their way up the mountain. Jack goes ahead
but stops after not too long, looking up and down and up again.
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< span class = "quote speech" > Well, that could be why the uplink isn' t
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working...< / span > Michelle catches up to him to find the path ending
abruptly where a landslide had left nothing but a cliff and a huge pile
of rubble. At the top of the mountain, teetering on the edge, are two
buildings – all that' s left of the ground station. The rest
of the buildings and the dish lay strewn around in pieces down below.
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