Morning Michelle!
Ugh.
- 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.
+ She feels dizzy and her body is filled with a burning sensation.
+ She takes a step out of her preservation chamber and sits down on the
+ floor in front of it, putting her arms over her knees to rest her head.
+
I'm gonna ... need a moment.
Water?
- She lifts her head. Jack hands her a glass. She takes a couple sips before
- setting it down and resting her head again.
- Not sure if that makes it better or worse.
- Just let me sit here for a moment.
+ She lifts her head and Jack hands her a glass. After taking a couple sips,
+ she sets it down, unsure whether it helps or makes it worse, and rests
+ her head again.
+ Just let me sit here for a moment.
After a while, she lifts her head again.
- So what's our mission?
- Nothing. Uplink's dead.
- What... What happened? What year is it?
+ So what year is it? ... and what's our
+ mission?
+ Twenty-one-oh-six. We don't have a
+ mission, uplink's dead.
+ You're kidding.
+ Nope.
+ How'd you get woken up then?
+ Technical failure.
+ You survived that?
+ That was the least of my challenges.
- Twenty-one-oh-six.
- You're kidding me.
- Nope. ... As for what happened to the uplink,
- I can't tell you. I've spent the past
- idk what amount of time trapped in here.
- Jack recounts the recent events as well as some of the things he had read
- about in the logs.
+ Jack recounts his side of the events of the past
+ amount of time as well as some of the things he had read about in
+ the logs or talked about with Annie.
missing section
- 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. - Well, that could be why the uplink isn't - working... 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. + They step outside and, following what remains of the old path, start + walking. It is narrow and winded, overgrown, and has partially + disappeared. Jack walks ahead, only half following the path, half making + it up as he goes. Michelle struggles to follow, slowly falling behind. +
++ After a while, Jack stops abruptly, looking down at something, then up, + then down again. Then, he turns to Michelle who is catching up to him + and says: Well, that could be a reason why + the uplink is down – it literally is down.... + Michelle reaches the edge and and sees what Jack had stopped for: + A huge ravine estends towards the top of the mountain 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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