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<h1> <Emily First Contact></h1>
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<!-- perspective: Emily -->
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<p>
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Emily closes the cage and puts the <span class="comment">whatever they
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feed the mice</span> back into the cupboard. She double-checks that the
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cage is really closed, then she steps out into the hallway, and starts
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walking. The entire habitat is eerily quiet. Apart from her own
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footsteps, she hears just the hum of the electrical systems and the
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quiet whirr of the air circulation.
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</p>
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<p>
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3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – Enter. The keypad beeps with
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every button press. A computer voice announces
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<span class="quote speech">Access authorized</span> and the door
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slides up. She steps through into the main control center. The module
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contains one large room with rows of integrated equipment desks arranged
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in a crescent, curving to the right. Most of the seats face towards
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the center, allowing a view of the biotope through a huge panorama window
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to the left that is taking up the entirety of the wall. The biotope is
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an even larger module with a ceiling of glass and support beams,
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completely filled with plant life, trees, small critters, and a big pond.
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The remaining walls hold large status panels with seven-segment displays
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and lots of big status indicator symbols.
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</p>
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<p>
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Emily walks down the shallow stairs towards the panorama window. In
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front of the window are tables and chairs that were moved there recently
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as the room had become more of a general hangout spot for the remaining
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people. Now, it's just Lena and her.
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</p>
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<p>
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Lena sits at one of the tables, cutting a piece of bread into slices.
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In front of her is a bowl with fruit and a honey jar.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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missing dialog about food and starting to eat
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</p>
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<p>
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They get interrupted by all of the equipment in the room suddenly coming
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alive. All of the computer desks that weren't perviously active
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turn on. Some of the status indicators on the back wall start blinking.
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A large, green triangle with the letters LINK next to it flickers and
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then lights up. Emily looks at it in confusion.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">What's going on?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">That's them.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Earth people?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Yes</span>, Lena replies while quickly
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finishing her meal, <span class="quote speech">They have some abilities
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to remotely control things – including turning on the main radio
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transmitter.</span><br />
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<span class="comment">TODO: Emily already knows this, was mentioned in
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the chapter where she wakes up</span><br />
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She gets up and asks Emily to follow her to one of the consoles with a
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terminal. She sits down in front of it, logs on and enters a few
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commands.
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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corrupted chat, the connection has deteriorated in comparison to before
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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bittersweet dialog
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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Emily is conscious again
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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Lena is going to die
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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They talk about what will become of Emily
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<ul>
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<li class="comment">
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Emily doesn't (yet) want to leave the moon -
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she's afraid of leaving her entire world behind
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</li>
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<li class="comment">
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The decision is made that whatever preparations can be
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done, should be done, just in case
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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